St. Pete Cop Watch

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[St. Pete Cop Watch @StPeteCopWatch]

🚨BREAKING🚨

CW: Racist Police Violence

Ahead of Friday’s protest, the St. Petersburg Police Department has released body cam footage showing K9 Officer Leighton Williams shooting 17-year-old Chris Tonsel.

The footage definitively shows Chris complying…

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[St. Pete Cop Watch @StPeteCopWatch]

🚨 Several St. Pete Police officers pounced on an individual at around 6:30 PM this evening on the SE corner of Central Ave/3rd St, possibly due to an arrest warrant.

Followup details will be provided, pending availability.

[St. Petersburg, FL @StPeteFL]

URGENT NOTIFICATION - please read through the below link thoroughly, St. Pete.

Video coming soon to explain what to do / not do if you're impacted.

https://t.co/2ZegMoDgxg

[St. Petersburg Tenants Union @SPTenantsU]

While @MayorKenWelch forks over taxpayer cash for a new stadium, he’s recommending a ZERO dollar increase for CALL next year, the program that dispatches social workers in place of cops for certain service calls.

Prioritizing corporate PROFIT at the expense of the people!

[Justin Garcia @JustinGarciaFL]

New: A list I obtained shows officers in Pinellas County are tracking where people sleep outside to get a head start on complying with a @GovRonDeSantis law that will make it illegal in October.
https://t.co/OJvWcoIEHp

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. This is one of the most depraved copaganda campaigns in modern history. Biden's behavior here is shameful, and many Democrats who know better are going along, hoping people won't actually read what is being proposed.

[The Tampa Alliance @TAARPR]

THE PEOPLE HAVE WON 🚨‼️ ALL CHARGES AGAINST ANTWAN GLOVER HAVE BEEN DROPPED! We could not celebrate this amazing win without the help and support of every organization and individual who supported this campaign. We had the privilege of working alongside Antwan, who made it clear

[St. Petersburg, FL @StPeteFL]

LAST DAY TO APPLY: The City of St. Petersburg and @PinellasCF are seeking community members to serve on a Community Advisory Board to support the design and operations of the Community Support Hubs!

Apply here: https://t.co/sec8Uq3yJy

[dave decker (he/him) @davedeckerphoto]

I was threatened with arrest 2 times for reporting.

I am a member of @NPPA and adhere to ethical rules of journalism.

“Democracy Dies in Darkness” is a slogan I think we have all read somewhere.

[@cltampabay.bsky.social @cl_tampabay]

Police tear gas pro-Palestinian protesters at USF's Tampa campus, multiple arrests https://t.co/sB89HwnS6n

[The Tampa Alliance @TAARPR]

🚨MASS ARRESTS AT USF 🚨

SEE BELOW FOR CALL IN FLYER & DONATE TO BAIL FUND❗

Cashapp & venmo: TampaBaySds

[CAIR National @CAIRNational]

Our Florida chapter's Executive Director Abdullah Jaber: “Arresting a particular group of students for their stance in a peaceful protest is blatant authoritarian censorship and targeting. USF officials have failed in their duty to protect our children and uphold freedom of expression and the First Amendment."

[St. Pete Cop Watch @StPeteCopWatch]

In Florida, when Nazi demonstrators spew vile anti-Jewish hate speech, the cops smile, chat it up & offer them waters.

When student demonstrators (including Jews) demand divestment from a fascist foreign government engaged in genocide, the cops deploy gas & commit mass arrests.

[St. Pete Cop Watch @StPeteCopWatch]

A video on a racist, YouTube-style website shows white supremacists dropping an anti-Semitic banner off a highway overpass.

An unidentified @OrangeCoSheriff corporal brings the men water in an overtly friendly manner, calling into question whether this is a signal of support.

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[IONTB.COM @IONTB]

St. Petersburg: Shots fired while officers were in the area of 40th Street S and 17th Avenue investigating reports of gunshots in the area. Appears officers shot suspect who is now en route to a local trauma center. No indication of any officers injured. Additional info when made available.

[St. Pete Cop Watch @StPeteCopWatch]

This is how @StPetePD treats our homeless neighbors. @MayorKenWelch & @StPetePDChief — fire Officers Sarah Gaddis & Michael Thacker NOW!
https://t.co/vOVacYQ2Eg

[Karla Correa @comradekarla]

Officers Sarah Gaddis & Michael Thacker of the @StPetePD must be fired & arrested for their roles in paralyzing Heriberto Sanchez-Mayan.

@MayorKenWelch needs to work on solving the housing crisis instead of covering up SPPD’s crimes!
https://t.co/RPczpISdlR

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. The most effective propaganda is based on true facts. It is simply inaccurate that the best propaganda are lies. This is a phenomenon that is widely misunderstood. A few quick points.

[St. Petersburg Tenants Union @SPTenantsU]

Driving homeless residents into debt with the courts & putting them in jail does NOTHING to improve their situation — we DEMAND the repeal of ALL anti-homeless ordinances in the city of St. Pete!

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[Justin Garcia @JustinGarciaFL]

I recently had the cops called on me after I requested to inspect public records in person at the Tampa fire rescue headquarters. @markkatches wrote this column about how it all went down. And my long hair made it into the story... @TB_Times
https://t.co/QJg7AUkaSy

[People's City Council - Los Angeles @PplsCityCouncil]

Friendly reminder that the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is a police spending bill!

Incredibly gross to put the name of a man killed by cops on a bill that gives the cops more money!

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

Pro-Palestine supporters disrupted US Rep. Kathy Castor in Tampa Bay, FL.

Castor, the head of the Children's Healthcare Caucus, voted in favor of US funding for Israel's war, which has killed over 12,000 Palestinian children.