Wes Babcock

Theatre Artist. Designer. Writer. Settler. He.Him.

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

@lesmis456 @5000keys send me a DM; I may be able to give you a hand

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

@CBCAlerts @JohnTory this is the most a**-backwards response to budget shortfalls. Eliminate funding to cash strapped essential services while increasing funding for the Police, who criminalize and kill the people made more vulnerable by your cuts.

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

@lesmis456 Quick! Cancel the cancelling!

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

@anabailaoTO @SisteringTO #SocialJustice will only begin to happen when you vote to #DefundThePolice. @SisteringTO are fantastic and their jobs would be vastly easier if they were better resourced and the people they serve weren't criminalized. No photo-ops til you do the work.

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

@JohnTory, people have been shouting the obvious solution at you and painting it on the street for more than 6 weeks. #DefundThePolice

[Nancy Kenny (she/her) @nancykenny]

Dear @JohnTory, let me help you out: defund the police and reallocate the funds. There. Problem solved. #DefundThePolice #BlackLivesMatter

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

which abolitionist should we appoint to run the RCMP?

[Charelle. @CharelleEvelyn]

Sen. Lillian Dyck is calling for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's resignation/removal.

"Her unexplained about-face yesterday on whether or not systemic racism exists in the RCMP is paradoxical and unacceptable as a leader...."

#cdnpoli

[Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie]

"As one of the journalists Mesley intended to interview, I would like to know which of us she was quoting, and from what source."

[W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell]

"BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DEFUND THE POLICE?"

"Hi, Mr. Brooks. I'm w/ The Dept. of You OK? So, you OK? Looks like you fell asleep in your car. Lemme get you a ride home. I'll be by your home tomorrow to check on you. Here's my number. Looks like your ride's here. Good night, sir."

[Robyn Maynard @policingblack]

Demands laid out by Black Lives Matter Vancouver after days-long action: a thread

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

This need for change is URGENT. It is our job to force the people in power to admit that there is something profoundly WRONG with how things are, and get them to CHANGE IT.
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#BlackLivesMatter #AbolishThePolice

[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

Here’s something I don’t understand: why is it that white people (and it’s always white people) who identify as “on the left” and “not pro-police” and “we definitely need to change something” insist on arguing against people who want to abolish police?
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[Wes Babcock @wesbywhen]

Instead, please go use your fine rhetorical skills and desire to subtly shift the system to bother the people who don't want to change a damned thing.
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