Justice Neil Gorsuch broke with his fellow #SCOTUS conservatives today to deliver a win for LGBT rights. Chief Justice Roberts tagged along, while Justice Alito compared the majority to “pirates” sailing under a “textualist flag.” https://t.co/FsYA6fJfqp
Justice Neil Gorsuch broke with his fellow #SCOTUS conservatives today to deliver a win for LGBT rights. Chief Justice Roberts tagged along, while Justice Alito compared the majority to “pirates” sailing under a “textualist flag.” https://t.co/FsYA6fJfqp
“Defund” means that Black & Brown communities are asking for the same budget priorities that White communities have already created for themselves: schooling > police,etc.
People asked in other ways, but were always told “No, how do you pay for it?”
So they found the line item.
The words “qualified immunity“ may sound like legal gobbledygook, but for decades the doctrine has shielded police from lawsuits. Is #SCOTUS ready to rethink its handiwork? https://t.co/B8zr4cxIE9
We just announced the first ever comprehensive police accountability and reform bill to:
- Create a national standard for use of force
- Expand pattern and practice investigations into police departments
- Increase independent investigations into police misconduct
"And I repeat: The price of the liberation of white people is the liberation of the blacks -- the total liberation, in the cities, in the towns, before the law, and in the mind." -James Baldwin THE FIRE NEXT TIME
"The challenge for elected officials, of course, is the perception...There may not be a national correlation, but that finding is battling a powerful opponent: political self-preservation." #DefundthePolice#VoteForChange#BlackLivesMatter
"A review of spending on state and local police over the past 60 years...shows no correlation nationally between spending and crime rates." #DefundThePolice https://t.co/Kh2G2Nvd2z