Before all is said and done, I have a few things to say about the @chesaboudin recall.
First, it is baseless. FBI data shows that violent crime has gone down in SF. And in reality, it is well reported and documented that wealth inequality drives crime, not DA policies.
Thread. You're going to hear a lot about how cops need more resources because "crime is surging" in the next few months. It's propaganda, and here's how you can respond:
"Putting expropriation on the table as a policy tool, demanding eminent domain to ensure a permanent right to stay put, the tenants of Hillside Villa have refused to become Affordable Housing’s collateral damage" Required reading by @two__evils
as i watch footage of LAPD suiting up in expensive riot gear so that the city can put up a fence to keep poor people out of a public park, i’m reminded of this excerpt from The End of Policing by Alex Vitale
Today has shown police don’t need de-escalation training, they choose who to escalate on, that’s not a training issue. Police don’t need unconscious bias training, they are conscious of their bias.
So now that it is blatantly obvious to the nation what the apparatus of police is about, what & whom it keeps safe, & the kind of violence to which it is an accomplice, let’s make it happen: #DefundThePolice#CopsOffCampus#AbolitionNow
on to the next battle. please donate to amy mcgrath’s senate campaign. i know it ended months ago but i promise it will make just as much difference now as it did then
what a day @hnh_sf with our friends @DefundSFPDnow, @poormagazine, and the unhoused folks who chose to share their stories and spend some time with us. a timely reminder that another world is possible, one with housing for all and care not cops. https://t.co/P9Ms7kH2hD
The rain always breaks my heart.
No one should have to sleep outside.
Especially not in a city where there are enough vacant units to end homelessness tomorrow.
Dante King observed and experienced racism in 60-70% of SFPD he trained. “There was a lack of empathy, understanding, and absolutely no room for discussing the role policing has played in oppressing Black people for decades and centuries,” This can't be reformed.
Former bias trainer says ‘reinforced narratives about Black people as criminals by nature’ thrived in San Francisco Police culture
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The French Laundry reportedly received more than $2.4 million through the Paycheck Protection Program while smaller, less-renowned restaurants struggled to get approval at all from the federal program designed to help small businesses during the… https://t.co/3Dmo4Jw7iQ
Mayor @londonbreed keep unhoused San Franciscans housed. COVID cases are only increasing, shelters are closed, and permanent housing has not been identified for everyone! Do not close the SIP hotels until housing is secured! #HotelsNotHospitalBeds