“Abolition can’t happen overnight.”
— AL For LA (Albert Corado) (@ALforLA2022) April 27, 2022
Uhhh, if we simply decriminalized drugs & took cops off traffic enforcement we would have a drastically different world — overnight.
77% of LAPD-initiated stops use a SUSPECTED traffic violation as the excuse to stop people.
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Also? Cops make more arrests for drug possession than for any other crime in the US.
— AL For LA (Albert Corado) (@ALforLA2022) April 27, 2022
We CAN do a lot overnight through abolitionist strategy. We can finally fucking end the war on drugs AND we can make sure no one else gets killed during a traffic stop.
Let’s do it.
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My name is Albert Corado and I’m running for City Council in LA CD 13 representing Historic Filipinotown to Hollywood and more.
— AL For LA (Albert Corado) (@ALforLA2022) April 30, 2021
I was thrust into social justice organizing after the @lapdhq killed my little sister, #MelyCorado at the Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake. pic.twitter.com/gxFtSGSWOX
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Today, @mnhumanrights found a deliberate “pattern or practice of race discrimination in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act” by the Minneapolis Police Department
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 27, 2022
Below are just a few of the most egregious findings.https://t.co/T8YGGPmcfQ
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Two years after George Floyd’s murder, we have yet to see meaningful change from the Minneapolis Police Department.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) April 27, 2022
I have to ask: what will it take?
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Nationally, but especially in Mississippi, corporal punishment is disproportionately administered to Black students. Black youth in Mississippi are 50% more likely to be corporally punished than white kids.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) April 28, 2022
Sign this petition to #EndCorporalPunishmenthttps://t.co/xEslsA3oG5
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Police kill Black people at higher rates than white people per population in 48 of the 50 largest US cities. Minneapolis police kill Black people at 22x higher rate than whites – one of the worst disparities in the nation. https://t.co/G3YiCYZoEi https://t.co/9gWhP96Xyl pic.twitter.com/vJVzYMXg9g
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) April 27, 2022
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“Police stopped Philando Castile 46 times and issued him over 85 violations, almost exclusively for non-moving offenses. Though half the violations were dismissed, the remaining violations cost Mr. Castile over $6,000. Police shot and killed him during the 47th stop.” (cont.)
— Adam Bojak (@AdamBojak) April 21, 2022
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Here in “Liberal” Cali Stockton Police killed a 54 year old African American Grandmother who had back into a Patrol car. She was shot 30 times after the office chased her car down and blocked her in! https://t.co/rvrLcwbf32
— Anita Wills (@bwdn2008) April 26, 2022