JeffcoCAN

Activist collective in Jefferson County, CO, united to protect civil rights, health care, education, equality, & democracy. Not a guy named Jeff. #Indivisible

[Quentin Young @qpyoungnews]

@StudentsDemand @Everytown Colorado leaders are now responsible for such a failure. Dem Reps. @bob4colorado, @SaidSharbini and @MarcSnyderHD18 joined the committee’s 4 Republicans in defeating the bill, sponsored by @elisabethepps and @SenRhondaFields. This is on Dems, who control the Capitol.

[Quentin Young @qpyoungnews]

@StudentsDemand @Everytown No matter what you believe about the 2A or “freedom,” assault weapons have no legitimate place in civilian life. It is only societal insanity that has permitted them to proliferate, and elected leaders have only cowardice or corruption to blame for their failure to ban them.

[Quentin Young @qpyoungnews]

🧵
Colorado Democrats are responsible for the shameful failure this morning of a state assault weapons ban. They had a moral obligation to pass it. But now they're on record. Voters know their names.

@StudentsDemand @Everytown
#AssaultWeaponsBan

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

@JenaGriswold Who is we? Because @GovofCO has been actively working against this for years, despite his campaign promises.

[Jesse Aaron Paul ☀ @JesseAPaul]

NEW: Bill that would have banned sale of so-called assault weapons in Colorado is rejected, even after attempt to dramatically strip it down https://t.co/afj6jpWunJ #copolitics #coleg

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

@alex_burness It actually is a surprise to a lot of @coloradodems voters, because the governor pledged to support a ban on military style weapons, and in the wake of Parkland that was deciding factor for a lot of people.

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

@AndyKnny They can just lie and say they support it like @PolisForCO did.

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

It wasn't even a total ban, it was a ban on sales and transfers of assault weapons. @coloradodems have a super majority in the house, and wouldn't even get it through committee. Anything to protect @GovofCO from being exposed as an opportunistic liar.

[Andrew Kenney @AndyKnny]

Proposed assault weapons ban fails by single vote after several Democrats joined Republicans to defeat it. #copolitics by ⁦@BenteBirkeland⁩ https://t.co/Mn9IL8AfCf

[ACLU of Colorado @ACLUofColorado]

Being trans is beautiful🏳️‍⚧️

If politicians want to help us, they need to respect us for who we are — and give us the resources, support, and protections we need to thrive.

#TransDayOfVisibility

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

Love and solidarity to our trans community. 🏳️‍⚧️

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

It's #TDOV! Today, we:
💙 honor all trans people
🤍 celebrate trans visibility
💗 recommit to the fight for trans equality
We are one in power and solidarity.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

The House Majority leader, Jeffco's own @MonicaDuran23, claims she hasn't even taken the time to read HB 1230, even though the text of the bill has been available since before the start of the session in January!
https://t.co/h34ft8sJkx

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

Are @coloradodems blocking an assault weapons sales ban? @GovofCO ran on a ban of military style weapons in the 2018 primary, but is now refusing his support. He jumped on the @MFOLParkland bandwagon to win the race, and now refuses to honor his promise. https://t.co/uvwIzdgiMz

[Colorado Drug Policy Coalition @ColoradoDPC]

🙏 Thank you ✨Jeffco CAN!✨ and ✨West Metro Resistance✨ for your support of local control of life-saving Overdose Prevention Centers. @Jeffco_CAN https://t.co/2nmZJSZ3sK

✨ Let our communities decide! ✨ #PassHB1202

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

Don't threaten us with a good time. #copolitics #coleg #GunSense #HarmReduction

[Colorado House Republicans @COHouseGOP]

Buckle up Colorado-Dems have a big week of bills:

❌Safe Injection Sites
❌Assault Weapons Ban
❌Age limit on gun purchases
❌3-day waiting period
❌Expanded red flag laws
❌Allows you to sue gunmakers

Dems aren’t making Colorado like California, they’re making it worse. #coleg

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

BREAKING 🧵

There's a reason @GovRonDeSantis avoids talking abt certain periods of his life, like the death of sister, living in sex trafficker Kent Stermon's apt, and... his brief stint in the US Attorneys office for the middle district of Florida.

So I started looking...

[ACLU of Colorado @ACLUofColorado]

PRISON PHONE CALLS SHOULD BE FREE.
PRISON PHONE CALLS SHOULD BE FREE.
PRISON PHONE CALLS SHOULD BE FREE.
PRISON PHONE CALLS SHOULD BE FREE.
PRISON PHONE CALLS SHOULD BE FREE.

[JeffcoCAN @Jeffco_CAN]

"The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said that her credit card was used in Golden in the afternoon and a license plate reader caught her car around I-70 and Kipling around 3 p.m.
CBI said Sandoval has a cognitive impairment."

https://t.co/XQeCJ4DKRO

[Bring Our Neighbors Home ⚖ @BONH_Coalition]

Racism is baked into our criminal legal system at every stage, from who is arrested and for what, to who is charged and for what, to who is imprisoned and for how long.

Something Colorado legislators need to be reminded of as they continually seek to pass carceral bills.

[Bring Our Neighbors Home ⚖ @BONH_Coalition]

White people in Colorado are more likely to be given deferred judgments -- have their cases dismissed if they comply with court-set criteria -- than Black people.

[Bring Our Neighbors Home ⚖ @BONH_Coalition]

Black people in Colorado (who are arrested on drug charges at ⚡️12x⚡️ the rate of white people) receive less favorable plea deals.

White people are more likely to have their drug charges reduced from felonies to misdemeanors, or from misdemeanors to petty offenses.