Free Marissa Now

Marissa Alexander is a survivor of domestic violence from Jacksonville, FL who was prosecuted for defending her life. #FreeMarissa

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

Free Marissa Now official statement on #MarissaAlexander's freedom from state confinement: https://t.co/GxcI4xCTZt #FreeMarissa xo

[Marissa Alexander @MarissaUpNext]

This was a miracle, and everyone who supported me helped to make this happen. Today, I celebrate 5 years of freedom. @survivepunish @freemarissanow @joyannreid @rolandsmartin @dlhughley @andersoncooper @donlemon @jamberstar @sophianelson @larryhannan more...💜🦋
Thank You

[Piper Kerman @Piper]

When I was incarcerated, I saw firsthand how jails/prisons exacerbated existing trauma & harmed women. I support #VISIONact #AB937 to right wrongs of the #California incarceration system & to support women, esp survivors of domestic violence.

Let me tell you why. 1/3

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

Prisons are violence against mothers, violence against parents, children, & families. Domestic violence lethality increases when victims are pregnant. #MarissaAlexander was forced to defend herself 9 days after she delivered her premature baby. Enough. #FreeTomiekia #FreeThemAll

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

Angela Corey, the DA who prosecuted Marissa Alexander, was good for a whack media campaign. She kept prattling on about so-called "facts" and had nothing to say but racist/sexist fictions. Don't let the business suits fool you. DAs are cops in different uniforms. #ExposeYourDA

[MUAVI @MomsUnitedChi]

“The foster system holds perhaps the greatest power a state can exercise over its people: the power to forcibly take children away from parents and permanently sever parent-child relationships” Crucial report:
https://t.co/wmDlLZyCgq

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@c_c_w_p @survivepunish @incitenews @ellabakercenter @YoungWomenFree @sister_warriors @YouthJusticeLA @endfelonymurder @CURBprisons @Cat911Team @akhan1437 @NikiFreedom19 Thank you for hosting this important conversation!

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

A7. Write letters and organize letter writing events to connect to incarcerated survivors of sexual/domestic violence. Use this S&P resource: https://t.co/xb2DK692JS
Relationship building creates conditions for coalition building. #CopsAndCages #CareNotCages #DefundPolice #MeToo

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

A6. A national recognition that police/prison/ICE as a whole are largely unhelpful to survivors of sexual/domestic violence AT BEST. https://t.co/KSUs778RXW
https://t.co/MtlnCcn1EM
#CopsAndCages #DefundPolice #DefendBlackLives #MeToo #MeTooBehindBars

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@c_c_w_p A5. Those attacked by police outside prison could maybe find people to support them through survival & getting accountability. If attacked by guards, you're isolated. If you talk to others, you're monitored. If you report, you're punished. Prison is a nightmare. #CopsAndCages

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@c_c_w_p A4. Contemporary policing and prisons have roots in the violent control of Black people through chattel slavery, Jim Crow, state sexual violence, & racial capitalism. Antiblackness and police/prisons will always be inseparable. #CopsAndCages #DefundPolice #DefendBlackLives

[CCWP @c_c_w_p]

Q3. How do police inside and outside of prisons use gender and sexual violence as a form of control? #CopsAndCages #SurvivedAndPunished

[INCITE! @incitenews]

@c_c_w_p A1. Incarcerated survivor, Stacy Dyer, described the abusive conditions in prison that escalated when #COVID19 became an urgent threat. Officers threatened to abandon incarcerated people (which guards have done in other crises). https://t.co/fHkV18aj4k #CopsAndCages

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@c_c_w_p A2. Police, prison guards, ICE guards, school officers -- they all have a record of using sexual violence as a form of terror and control. https://t.co/jJEjyvauqi https://t.co/5kjwDXRmzH #CopsAndCages #MeToo #MeTooBehindBars #DefundPolice #DefendBlackLives

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@c_c_w_p A1. Sexual misconduct by police is the second highest complaint against police. Imagine being trapped in prison, jail, or ICE/juvenile detention & being unable to escape officers' constant sexual violence & harassment. #CopsAndCages #FreeThemAll #DefundThePolice #DefendBlackLives

[CCWP @c_c_w_p]

Thank you for joining CCWP & @survivepunish today for the #CopsNotCages twitter storm.

We will be tweeting out questions throughout the hour (i.e. Q1…) and hope you will answer in the same format (i.e. A1…). Please use #CopsAndCages so we can make sure to re-tweet!

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

Looking forward to joining in this crucial conversation! #CopsAndCages

[CCWP @c_c_w_p]

Looking forward to today's twitter storm on #CopsAndCages.

📣 Hope you'll join the conversation to make connections between police violence in the streets, in homes, and behind bars. #DefundPolice #DefendBlackLives

Q&A style twitter convo - 12-1pm PT/3-4pm ET

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@metoobehindbars @c_c_w_p @survivepunish Medical treatment was not provided for their injuries and they were placed in isolation cages where they were subject to further sexual humiliation and denied access to bathrooms. #MeTooBehindBars

[Free Marissa Now @freemarissanow]

@metoobehindbars @c_c_w_p @survivepunish The lawsuit denounces two assaults where correctional officers (COs) used physical force, sexually harassed, and used homophobic and transphobic insults against the plaintiffs. #MeTooBehindBars

[#MeTooBehindBars @metoobehindbars]

You can find more information about the #metoobehindbars campaign at https://t.co/4PsYZONAzR