We are a Black-led multi-racial coalition of people and organizations in DC who share a common vision of a world that’s truly safe for everyone, without police.
Organizers have warned about the GRU, NSID-and the many other DC Police units that rebrand but never change their violent tactics-for years.
Even when they fail at their own supposed goals, MPD and the US Attny for DC keep showing they don't actually care
x.com/StopCopTerrorDC/status…
New: DC courts keep tossing out MPD gun cases due to unconstitutional searches. Rather than adapting, cops seem to be doubling down.
I took a look at why these tactics, as exemplified by notorious “jump out” searches, are ineffective as well as illegal. Link in thread…
In fact, Securus, the nation’s largest prison telecom corporation, recently defaulted on $1.3 billion of debt!
But there is still so much more work to be done. Read more about the issue on the #Right2Hug website. 10/ 11 right2hug.org/how-corporatio…
The added cost of trying to stay in touch, forces 1 in 3 into debt, with women carrying 87% of the cost burden, and disproportionately women of color. All while prison telecom providers and their investors get rich. 5/11
ALT “Our family was never wealthy, but we were doing okay before this. Now, we’ve burned through nearly all of our savings and retirement funds. My husband Paul, Jasmin’s step- father, took out a loan, and I had to sell my mother’s bracelet to cover a bill. We’re just trying to stay afloat…” – Flo, whose daughter is jailed in Genesee County
Unfortunately, for millions of people across the country with an incarcerated family member, staying connected is much more difficult.
A 15-minute phone call can run as high as $8.25, a 25-minute video call up to $15.00, and basic emails cost as much as $0.50! 3/11
Prison telecom is a $1.4 billion industry. While corporations & private equity firms profit, millions of families across the country are suffering.
Today, we’re discussing how corporations profit off family separation and what communities & advocates are doing to fight back! 🧵
ALT How corporations profit off family separation.
Prison telecom is a $1.4 billion industry. While corporations & private equity firms profit, millions of families across the country are suffering.
We have privately been dealing with an imitation account that has stolen our words, art, faces, & cause. @compasscoffeeu is the only Twitter for Compass Coffee United. Please block and report.
Take action for Amanda and tell the DA to drop ALL charges against her:
☎️Call DA Freeman: 919-792-5000 Ext. 5.
📧Email the DA using our one-click toolkit: bit.ly/AW-email-action
🖋️Sign the support letter: bit.ly/AW-support-letter
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ALT Tell DA Freeman to drop all charges against Amanda Wallace.
Call DA Freeman: (919) 792-5000, Ext. 5
My name is [NAME] and I am a resident of [WHERE YOU LIVE]. I am reaching out to demand that DA Freeman dismiss all charges against Amanda Wallace as soon as possible. Ms. Wallace’s advocacy to keep families together should be celebrated, not criminalized. Continuing
to prosecute Ms. Wallace is a miscarriage
of justice and a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Email DA Freeman: bit.ly/AW-email-action
Sign the support letter: bit.ly/AW-support-letter
TAKE ACTION for Amanda Wallace, Founder of @OperationStopCPS, who we believe is being prosecuted in retaliation for her organizing in defense of families. 🧵
ALT Take action for Amanda Wallace, Founder of Operation Stop CPS, who we believe is being prosecuted in retaliation for organizing in defense of families.
Join us next Monday for our webinar – Refusing To Be Silenced: How Communities Are Organizing to Resist the Family and Criminal Court Systems. 🧵
🗓️ Monday, May 20th
⏰ 1 - 2:30 PM ET
🔗 RSVP for zoom link: bit.ly/communities-in-courts
ALT Refusing To Be Silenced: How Communities Are Organizing to Resist the Family and Criminal Court Systems.
In courtrooms across the country, small groups of community members are fighting back against the legal systems that oppress us. Whether it is through courtwatch or participatory defense, communities are putting the legal system on notice.
Join us for a webinar where we discuss how communities are resisting the family and criminal court systems, how the systems respond, and what organizers are doing to overcome this.
Monday, May 20th
1- 2:30 PM ET
Register for zoom link:
bit.ly/communities-in-courts
Wow! @AnitaBondsDC just suggested the District should “insinuate” to parents receiving “entitlements” that if your child isn’t in school, it may be harder to get your benefits.
🚨🚨🚨 DEFEND DMV SJP!! ALL OUT TO THE POPULAR UNIVERSITY FOR GAZA!! 🚨🚨🚨
DMV SJP is calling on our community to show up and show out tomorrow at the Popular University for Gaza!!!
An exponential increase in the number of mopeds on D.C. streets has left many residents concerned about a lack of accountability for dangerous drivers.
A bill introduced in the D.C. Council on Monday could change that. wapo.st/3QmA3uI
❗️Action Alert❗️ The Bowser administration is about to terminate the housing subsidy of 2000 families for hitting a new, strict time limit in rapid re-housing. Check out our blog to learn more about what is happening: tinyurl.com/47fn55th
The Secure DC omnibus crime bill (“Crimnibus”) is now law, but the fight against the police state continues.
Join us on May 9 to learn about the history of criminalization in DC, how Secure DC harms our community, and how we can fight back!
RSVP here: bit.ly/beyond-crime
Just want to uplift, as the Gaza solidarity encampment at GWU grows and passes the uni admin's deadline, that there's also a campaign to stop DC gov and NPS from evicting a nearby encampment of unhoused folks in the lead up to America's 250 bday. x.com/StoptheSweepsDC/status…
CALL TO ACTION!!! DC Government, the National Parks Service, and US Park Police will be evicting homeless encampments in Foggy Bottom on May 15th. Use this link to email them and tell them to STOP THE SWEEPS!!!! bit.ly/STSFoggyBottom
The scene outside the #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner#WHCD Many attendees had a very bad time trying to get in, with protesters lining the street and asking them why they’re complicit in the US media’s genocide-washing. Feel free to use these photos & credit us.
UPDATE: MPD arrests a very young protester outside White House Correspondents Dinner #WHCD. No one knows why and they won’t say. #FreeHim and #FreePalestine