Protesting works: don’t let it die
Jun. 10th, 2020 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Reminder to not give up, you are bringing about change.
List of positives to come out of the recent protests as of June 4:
- George Floyd’s murderer charged with murder and manslaughter, then had charges increased, then the officers that watched it happen were charged with aiding and abetting
- Louisville police (Breonna Taylor’s murderers) department will now be under review from an outside agency, which will include review on training, bias-free policing and accountability. (Unfortunately her killers have still not faced charges yet as far as I could find.)
- Charges are to be dropped for Kenneth Walker
- Atlanta has announced plans to create a task force + public database to track police brutality in metro Atlanta area
- Minneapolis city council members are considering disbanding police force in favor of a “community-oriented, nonviolent public safety and outreach capacity”
- Colorado lawmakers have introduced an incredible police reform bill that includes body cam laws, repealing the “fleeing felon” statute, banning chokeholds, and more
Feel free to add more if you know of more!
- LA Mayor announces plans to reduce funding to police department by about $150M and instead invest that in minority communities for jobs and education
-Virginia governor announced plans to remove confederate monument in Richmond and timeline to remove confederate monument in Norfolk has been accelerated
from twitter https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1269340619476021253?s=21
This is a movement, not a moment! keep up the protests
moonlandingwasfaked:
premonitiondiary:
rose-garden-over-madison-square:
rose-garden-over-madison-square:
Reminder to not give up, you are bringing about change.
List of positives to come out of the recent protests as of June 4:
- George Floyd’s murderer charged with murder and manslaughter, then had charges increased, then the officers that watched it happen were charged with aiding and abetting
- Louisville police (Breonna Taylor’s murderers) department will now be under review from an outside agency, which will include review on training, bias-free policing and accountability. (Unfortunately her killers have still not faced charges yet as far as I could find.)
- Charges are to be dropped for Kenneth Walker
- Atlanta has announced plans to create a task force + public database to track police brutality in metro Atlanta area
- Minneapolis city council members are considering disbanding police force in favor of a “community-oriented, nonviolent public safety and outreach capacity”
- Colorado lawmakers have introduced an incredible police reform bill that includes body cam laws, repealing the “fleeing felon” statute, banning chokeholds, and more
Feel free to add more if you know of more!
- LA Mayor announces plans to reduce funding to police department by about $150M and instead invest that in minority communities for jobs and education
-Virginia governor announced plans to remove confederate monument in Richmond and timeline to remove confederate monument in Norfolk has been accelerated
from twitter https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1269340619476021253?s=21
This is a movement, not a moment! keep up the protests
