AWorldWithoutPolice

What would life be like without police? Police forces were invented in the mid-19th century. If we come together, they won't last through the 21st.

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Record-breaking turnout at 2 cc mtgs + weeks of lobbying by students, clergy, & grassroots orgs changed exactly 0 votes. The 4 who voted no were always gonna vote no. Time to refocus our efforts outside of electoral politics, where the real power has always been #StopCopCity

[Insert Creative Name @falcon_0_4]

1/2 Statement at @atlcouncil from Marlon, Adele, Savannah from @ATLSolFund who were cruelly arrested on Wednesday. We will #StopCopCity

[ebonically intelligent papi 🌻 @julianakilrose]

What the Atlanta solidarity fund was doing was the same thing that the several bondsmen in Atlanta have been doing forever, except that they provided bail money for free instead of trying to making money from incarceration, and it was dedicated to protestors

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

The National Bail Fund will be collecting donations for the Atlanta Solidarity Fund for now, donate at https://t.co/xraWghkUth

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Come out tonight to support those who have always supported us ❤️‍🔥

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

You can’t reform a landmine …

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. One of the most important pieces of propaganda in modern news media reporting is the pervasive assumption that tweaks in the policies of police, prosecutors, prisons have any significant effect on overall safety.

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

Hundreds of Atlantans spoke out against the proposed authorization of $33.5 million taxpayer dollars for the Atlanta Police Foundation to fund the construction of ‘Cop City’ during the public comment section at city council on Monday. Full story here: https://t.co/OZTQkF4BuO

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

AWWP’s very own Leila giving a 🔥🔥🔥 speech at yesterday’s City Council meeting ❤️‍🔥Come join us in the fight to Stop Cop City and end police and prisons everywhere!

[da’shaun | they/them @DaShaunLH]

today marks the start of @scalawagmag’s inaugural “Week of Writing”—this one being focused on #StopCopCity. for the rest of this week, we will be publishing pieces exclusively from atlanta natives, residents, & organizers centered around the movement.

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

"As we can see that crime is not fixed, it follows that crime's relationship to prisons is the outcome of social theory and practice, rather than the only possible source of stability through control" -- Ruth Wilson Gilmore

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

BREAKING: Video reveals Atlanta Police began to cut trees in Weelaunee Forest to build #CopCity. Activists have called for a demonstration at Atlanta City Hall at 5pm today, Friday.

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Let's talk about cash bail, the a ridiculous system that the state uses to target protest movements and further oppress poor ppl, esp Black and brown folks (pt. 2) #endcashbail

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Even a former federal prosecutor (!!) calls last week’s bond hearing “ghoulish, gross theater” https://t.co/LOjtgjaXwy

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Tonight !!

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Hope to see you at our (rescheduled) abolition 101 teach-in :)

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Let's talk about cash bail, the a ridiculous system that the state uses to target protest movements and further oppress poor ppl, esp Black and brown folks (pt. 1) #endcashbail

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

@deanspade Full essay: https://t.co/S0Ul1mLut9

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

Anyone else feeling a little burnt out these days?😅 courtesy of @deanspade

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

🧵Thread to support forest defenders & #StopCopCity music festival attendees denied bond

[AWorldWithoutPolice @No_Cop_Zone]

We’ll be tabling at this #StopCopCity Town Hall tomorrow, come say hi and learn how to plug in to the mvmt ✌️

[Community Movement Builders @CommunityMvt]

Let's talk about cop city. Let's talk about how it militarizes our community. Let's talk about how it destroys our environment. Let's talk about how to stop it. #StopCopCity