Swipe It Forward
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The official twitter account of the #SwipeItForward campaign. Poverty is not a crime. Transportation is a right. End Broken Windows Policing.
Be advised that a front group for a cult, which has been denounced by abortion rights groups, is attempting to recruit again. They’re akin to an MLM, exploit people’s good intentions for free labor, advertising, & money. They’re also incompetent, unsafe protest organizers. 1/
We have heard directly from New Yorkers in Brownsville and Ocean Hill about public safety and quality-of-life concerns. 'Every Block Counts' is how our administration is delivering safer neighborhoods for ALL of our city’s families through an whole-of-government approach: bkreader.com/policy-governm…
The man was screaming he was going to kill someone. The other witnesses were terrified. Penny restrained him. The man was alive when the cops got there. He was having difficulties breathing. The cops did nothing. They didn’t start rescue breathing because the man’s mouth stunk. Bottom line, the other people on that subway car were afraid for their lives. Penny stepped in. If it had been a white guy, nothing would have happened to Penny. Just because you’re black doesn’t make you innocent.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York just announced he’s going to remove “mentally ill” people off the streets and even involuntarily hospitalize them. We all know he’s referring to the poor and homeless.
🗓️Tomorrow September 17th 🪧Emergency protest 6 PM 📍 L train Sutter Ave. stop Brownsville, Brooklyn where police shot a Black man yesterday. Sharing from longtime Black community organizers for #Swipeitforward against criminalization of poverty & Blackness. *Share widely*
NYC Bus Life: The MTA is sending "EAGLE Teams" of cops to throw people off buses if they haven't paid their fare, but while the cops are extremely aggressive and unpleasant, they're not very accurate, so they're tossing people who *have* paid. hellgatenyc.com/the-mtas-fareb…
Exclusive 🚨 The Mayor announced plans for a new city agency to regulate the delivery industry But delivery workers fear that the agency could be another way for the city to further criminalize them My latest for @Documentedny @Report4America documentedny.com/2024/01/26/del…
