📢 5️⃣ Real Justice = Support, Not Scapegoating
Prisons don’t prevent crime. Resources do.
It’s time to demand real safety solutions. Share this thread & take action. ⬇️
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Hochman is exploiting a crisis to push failed policies.
Instead of helping wildfire victims, he’s using “looting” fears to justify harsh sentencing & mass incarceration.
Let’s break down what he’s NOT telling you. 🧵👇
3️⃣ Who Gets Targeted?
Hochman isn’t using his time and resources on increasing safety.
Instead, he’s wasting time and money stacking excessive charges and pushing extreme sentences for burglary cases—cases that should be met with smart solutions that increase public safety.
2️⃣ Punishment ≠ Public Safety
Hochman wants you to believe longer sentences deter crime. They don’t.
Research shows that harsh penalties don’t reduce crime or recidivism—but access to education, jobs & stability do.
Do you know who’s running for LA District Attorney. Join us Mon, 2/12, at 4 PM to hear from your candidates and decide who will get your vote in March. RSVP here: https://t.co/O2kkJfRvLJ
CDU will the host the 32st Annual @EmpowerCongress Summit next Sat. 1/13. This on-campus event will feature a Los Angeles County District Attorney candidate forum and a community teach-in on the criminal justice system.
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Join us at the 32nd Empowerment Congress Summit on Jan 13, 2024, at Charles R. Drew University. #EmpowermentCongress#Justice#Democracy
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We are proud to co-sponsor this LA District Attorney Debate with @EmpowerCongress. Join us this SATURDAY, 1/13/24 to hear where your district attorney candidates fall on the issues that matter most to you. Register here: https://t.co/G6oK2Es1kb
📣Making powerful public comment can be daunting but is vital for the Board of Supervisors to hear our demands for a #CareFirstBudget.
Join us tomorrow for the LA BOS meeting and raise your voice and @justicelanow for details on how to participate
#ReimaginePublicSafety
Time for a fact check on SB 94.
✅A small population of the most elderly inmates are eligible
✅Their recidivism rate is 0%
✅Bill doesn’t automatically let people out of prison. It’s judicial review to consider those who have fully rehabilitated
✅Saves 100s of millions tax 💵
The same person who wants to pardon a white man convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protestor also thinks it's a bad idea to let CA judges take a second look at extreme sentences mainly served by people of color?
This is why we need #SB94: justice is NOT meted fairly.
DA Gascón keeping promises. "Former Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey cleared both officers of wrongdoing in 2018, but the case was one of four her successor, George Gascón, promised to reopen after he was elected in 2020" https://t.co/WkMFhFSZUH
Gov. Abbott trying to look tough after attempting to pardon a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protestor.
My SB 94 gives a small population of elderly people a chance to prove to a judge that they are fully rehabilitated after serving at least 2 decades in prison.
🧵: Our demands for @LACountyBOS are clear: 👇🏾
4️⃣ Fund #YouthJustice Reimagined by shifting $75 million out of #Probation job vacancies as part of the #CareFirst Budget - to build housing, job training, education access, and youth centers. #FreeOurYouth