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Hi everyone! We usually don't do lists this close together but we wanted to consolidate all the resources we have seen and created into one list. So this is a follow up! Please refer to our list from a few days ago for more starter actions. That list includes tons of links, resources, and more. Our content elsewhere this week:
Where to get protest info: For NYC: @JusticeForGeorgeNYC on IG is posting daily schedules and compiling all the protests going on. Please be sure to find a near location to you-- don't go on the subway!!! Direct help to protesters from home: If you can't protest, here are some ways to help from home:
Things in this list that are urgent: - The repeal of 50A in NYS is being voted on imminently - NYC Budget gets finalized July 1st! So defunding police is urgent. Also: make sure you're taking some time to take care of yourself. If we all get burnt out, this will never work. This Instagram post by Jenna Wortham includes lots of healing resources that are free for Black people right now-- if you are Black, please utilize! A few key points before you dive in:
say their names:
First things first: DIY PHONEBANKWe made this Masterlist with Coalition Z and it's full of resources. Take a half hour to guide yourself through this phonebank on your own or FaceTime a friend or host a Zoom and do it together. legislation: Safer Ny ActThe SAFER NY ACT is a package of bills aimed at increasing increase NYPD transparency and accountability. First component of the Safer NY Act: Repeal 50-A
Click here for a one-pager on the full volume of bills in the Safer NY Act. The other bills in it are:
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Organizations and antiracist resources are found extensively in the relevant sections of our last list (though they're by no means exhaustive), as well as in some of the resource docs linked in the buttons below. **Before donating, make sure that an org is still accepting money!** One addition: if you don’t have the means to donate, Zoe Amira, a Black woman, posted a video to raise funds for BLM causes — just clicking on the link and letting it play will generate ad revenue. - For nonblack allies, another important "place" to donate is to the Black educators helping you learn right now. Black educators on social media like Rachel Cargle will often include their Venmo, CashApp, etc. in their bio and posts. If you're learning from them, financially compensate them! |
Some more petitions:
- https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#petitions — a ton of petitions
- Advocate for the City Council’s passing of the chokehold bill
- Advocate for the Hands Up Act, which would punish police for shooting unarmed citizens
- Demand that Amazon stop selling facial recognition software to the government, which disproportionately impacts people of color
- Earlier this year, Amazon came under fire for supplying ICE with surveillance information in order to aid agents in terrorizing immigrant communities and deporting individuals
some other phenomenal resources worth checking out
George Floyd action doc (via @botanicaldyke):
Legal aid and places to donate to, indexed by location.
Resistance Resource Hub (via @avyisabel):
Extensive research on how police departments nationwide are funded; live and constantly being made more comprehensive by a coalition of organizers.
26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
Who’s Taking Cop Money?: A living document aimed at exposing which NY state legislators have taken money from police institutions. Has already caused five NYS incumbent politicians to swear off taking contributions from the PD and pledge to donate the funds to BLM causes.
Neighbor Handout (adapted from @kristadelany): A note calling neighbors to action, basic statistics about police brutality in the US, petitions, places to donate to, script to defund NYPD.
Student Anti-Racism Resources (from @hchsgo): Concrete actions, orgs to donate to, and books, shows/movies, articles, and podcasts to educate yourself.
Legal aid and places to donate to, indexed by location.
Resistance Resource Hub (via @avyisabel):
Extensive research on how police departments nationwide are funded; live and constantly being made more comprehensive by a coalition of organizers.
26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
Who’s Taking Cop Money?: A living document aimed at exposing which NY state legislators have taken money from police institutions. Has already caused five NYS incumbent politicians to swear off taking contributions from the PD and pledge to donate the funds to BLM causes.
Neighbor Handout (adapted from @kristadelany): A note calling neighbors to action, basic statistics about police brutality in the US, petitions, places to donate to, script to defund NYPD.
Student Anti-Racism Resources (from @hchsgo): Concrete actions, orgs to donate to, and books, shows/movies, articles, and podcasts to educate yourself.
Some Background (further reading) on why 50-A is relevant: examples of how different police misconduct laws function in 2 other states
Records of police misconduct are confidential in 23 states; the relative level of protection of these documents varies across those states. For example, some states make the personnel records of any public employee exempt from disclosure, while New York, California, and Delaware have specific laws that prevent the public from knowing if a law enforcement officer has a history of misconduct. In California, there is a specific procedure that a defendant in a criminal case must follow in order to gain access to an officer’s record. This is called a Pitchess motion, and all of the following criteria must be met:
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However, in September 2018, a California Senate bill was passed which makes a Pitchess motion unnecessary in some cases; these include records relating to an incident, or investigation:
- involving a police officer shooting his gun at a person;
- involving a police officer using force against a person and resulting in death or great bodily injury;
- in which there was a finding that a police officer engaged in sexual assault; and,
- where there was a finding that an officer acted dishonestly.
In Washington, the “use of force” bill (House Bill 3003, signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee in March, 2018) helps hold officers accountable and prevents the use of deadly force in police altercations except under certain specified circumstances.
- While such bills help prevent deadly interactions, especially in the midst of current protests going on in Seattle, there have still been violent and abusive altercations between protesters and police officers.
- In Seattle, over the weekend, a police officer maced a child, and used black tape to cover up his badge number so bystanders could not file a complaint against him, despite officers being required to show their badges all the time. However, through photo analysis, individuals have identified the officer as Officer Jared Campbell and are working to get a complaint through to the police department.
- Email the Seattle Police Department at [email protected] or call 206-684-2489 in order to demand that Campbell face repercussions for his actions, including macing a child and refusing to show/supply his badge number when requested.
With that, we'll sign off.
Peace & Power,
TR
Peace & Power,
TR
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