Defund MPD

A mega-thread about DC's hyper-racist omnibus crime bill, #SecureDC, also known as the "crimnibus" 🧵 #UsNoCrimnibus

DC NOW: Vigil for Justin Robinson is over and crowd hits the streets. Justin was loved in community #JusticeforJustin

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/StopCopTerrorD…

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

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! 🧵

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-let… 3/5

TAKE ACTION for Amanda Wallace, Founder of @OperationStopCPS, who we believe is being prosecuted in retaliation for her organizing in defense of families. 🧵

.@JoeBiden’s @NatlParkService has started throwing away peoples homes and belongings.

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…

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.

Why did the cop go to work early? He wanted to beat the crowd.

🚨🚨🚨 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!!!

Us: Make driver’s licenses accessible to recently arrived migrants. @BrianneKNadeau & @charlesallen: Did you say more moped restrictions? We got you!

❗️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. twitter.com/StoptheSweepsD…

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