Police killed nearly 100 people a month in 2022. There were only 12 days police didn’t kill someone. The majority of killings took place in scenarios where no crime was alleged or where police were called for nonviolent offenses or mental health checks. https://t.co/1GVuyxwsVg
— pdx law grrrl (@pdxlawgrrrl) January 8, 2023
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Black Father, Teacher Dies After Cops Tase Him For Several Minutes https://t.co/LE7BIBFbjS via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 13, 2023
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Kansas cops raided the hospital room of a terminally ill cancer patient over a cannabis vape & THC paste he was using to alleviate his pain. 69-year-old Greg Bretz, who only has weeks to live, is now scheduled to appear in court.
— Dyjuan Tatro (@DyjuanTatro) December 28, 2022
Police don’t produce public safety. pic.twitter.com/xzWZ1UWD3q
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Add to this the thousands killed inside jails and prisons via violence and, in most cases, slow death enforced by medical neglect and chronic abuse. This is what “tough on crime” politicians call “public safety.” Data make clear it doesn’t make us safe; it does the opposite. https://t.co/gl1pO2CCtm
— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) January 2, 2023
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THREAD: Always a good time to remember that the $11 billion NYPD: *Orchestrated an attack* on 100s of protestors in June 2020 in the Bronx. Used the curfew to trap, assault & arrest. Mass human rights atrocity.
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) December 26, 2022
NYPD called it “restraint. More:https://t.co/jx6QBioxM0
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NYC Mayor is DEMANDING a $13 million cut to public libraries. In his mind, it’s a budget crisis and there are no other options. To put in perspective how much $13 million is: It’s less than what his $11 billion NYPD gets *every 12 hours.*
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) December 20, 2022
Eric Adams is an abomination. https://t.co/e4Drj1C8vR
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Cops Shoot Pepper Balls At Pregnant Couple Delivering Food https://t.co/EFYHcegQ0K via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 16, 2023
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Pittsburgh police chief says he’s going to ignore a city ordinance barring cops from pulling people over for trivial traffic offenses, in part because it’s hurting officer morale.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 14, 2023
Just a whole lot of dysfunction going on in this story. https://t.co/OzeSo7JPbN
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Cops Beat Homeless Man For Taking Up More Than One Seat On Near-Empty Train https://t.co/urACK9WxZl via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) January 6, 2023
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In the pouring rain, hundreds turned out tonight in Venice for a candlelight vigil in memory of #KeenanAnderson, to support his grieving family, and to demand an end to police violence. pic.twitter.com/0k6QECq3oy
— Mike Bonin (@mikebonin) January 15, 2023