@DecrimSeattle

We are a BIPOC-led coalition that builds power in Seattle to invest in pro-community, pro-people initiatives & divest from policing & the criminal legal system.

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What does putting 1/4 of our city's general fund towards SPD get us? Lots of cops jailing poor people so @MayorofSeattle can pretend to sports tourists this week that poor people don't exist. thestranger.com/news/2023/07…

King County Jail to Welcome All-Star Event Attendees

SPD Increases Patrols, Gets Jail Restrictions Lifted, Uses SVU Detectives to Sweep Homeless ahead of MLB All-Star Game

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Amy Sundberg@amysundberg5 Jul 2023
This will only become MORE true in Seattle as our revenues dwindle in coming years. If you don't think there's a battle coming over whether to spend Jumpstart $ on police funding, you haven't been paying attention.
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Ashley D. Farmer@drashleyfarmer30 Jun 2023
Seems like a good day to run this gem by @KeeangaYamahtta back. #SCOTUS is illegitimate but powerful. How do we create a country and political system where 9 people don't overdetermine the fate of millions? newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

The Case for Ending the Supreme Court as We Know It

For most of its history, the Supreme Court, the branch of government least accountable to the public, has tended toward a fundamental conservatism, siding with tradition over more expansive visions...

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Jesse Brenneman@Jesse_Brenneman30 Jun 2023
A democratic government where the only way anything gets done is if the president issues new/reinterprets old executive orders and then hopes the unelected Supreme Court lets them stand is not a democratic government.
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Alessandra Biaggi
@Biaggi4NY29 Jun 2023
“But let’s still use affirmative action to recruit low income people of color to die in our wars”
David Wallace-Wells@dwallacewells29 Jun 2023
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derecka@dereckapurnell29 Jun 2023
i truly hope that these blows to the fragile diversity, access, inclusion frame encourage students, staff & faculty to organize for more transformational education, like open enrollment, free tuition, dropping standardized tests, community control mechanisms over private boards
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Cop City will never be built. Let's celebrate the interim wins - Atlanta Solidarity Fund is back up accepting donations! Throw some cash to these folks in honor of #StopCopCity and our fights against cops, courts, and cages everywhere.
Atlanta Solidarity Fund@ATLSolFund26 Jun 2023
ANNOUNCEMENT: We have resumed our activities and are continuing to accept donations. We are stating publicly that we are here and ready with the bail, jail support, and legal support that Atlanta movements have come to depend on us to provide. actionnetwork.org/fundraisin…

Contribute to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund

The Atlanta Solidarity Fund supports activists who are arrested for participating in social justice movements, and helps them get access to lawyers. Your contribution will go directly to supporting...

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Our queer and trans communities deserve -more- than hate crimes laws, which give $$$ and power to cops, courts, and prosecutors and have never kept us safe. Remember this next time a city leader proposes hate crimes legislation to address our safety. transgenderlawcenter.org/hat…

Hate Crimes - Transgender Law Center

We Keep Us Safe: Interrogating Hate Crime Legislation About It’s time we say No to hate crime laws and demand more. We deserve a future where we are thriving and fully resourced. A future that honors...

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This is a slap in the face to the frontline workers assisting people in crisis (without guns in tow) who had to hustle to even get pay rises in line with inflation this year, after @MayorofSeattle proposed a budget that effectively gave them a pay cut.
DivestSPD
@DivestSPD26 Jun 2023
Nearly 50 patrol officers received CEO-level compensation last year. Seven made more than Chief Diaz. Ron Willis again topped the heap, with $362k ($227k overtime). He was previously suspended for violating overtime rules. divestspd.substack.com/p/nea…
Nearly 50 Seattle patrol officers made over $200k last year High earners include perennial problem cops. Patrol Officer Ron Willis once again raked it in, with $362,000 in gross earnings, including $227,000 in overtime. DIVESTSPD JUN 26, 2023 Seattle police, dressed in riot gear and gas masks, attempt to disperse protesters with force outside Cal Anderson Park in 2020 (Justin Ward) Nearly 50 Seattle officers in nonsupervisory roles took home more than $200,000 in gross pay in 2022, according to payroll records obtained by DivestSPD. Six of those officers made more than $300,000, out-earning Chief Adrian Diaz.

ALT Nearly 50 Seattle patrol officers made over $200k last year High earners include perennial problem cops. Patrol Officer Ron Willis once again raked it in, with $362,000 in gross earnings, including $227,000 in overtime. DIVESTSPD JUN 26, 2023 Seattle police, dressed in riot gear and gas masks, attempt to disperse protesters with force outside Cal Anderson Park in 2020 (Justin Ward) Nearly 50 Seattle officers in nonsupervisory roles took home more than $200,000 in gross pay in 2022, according to payroll records obtained by DivestSPD. Six of those officers made more than $300,000, out-earning Chief Adrian Diaz.

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Remember this? The city budget never gets balanced on the backs of SPD. It happens on the backs of human services workers, all while SPD blows through their overtime budget every year. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

Social service workers rally at Seattle City Hall over proposed budget cuts

The mayor's proposed budget would roll back a 2019 law that ties social service worker wages to inflation, which has caused distress in that sector.

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Radical Graffiti@GraffitiRadical25 Jun 2023
"There are no queer friendly cops" Pasteup seen in Milan during the 2023 Pride parade
Poster on a wall that says "There are no queer friendly cops"

ALT Poster on a wall that says "There are no queer friendly cops"

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@realchangenews.bsky.social@RealChangeNews17 Jun 2023
Next Wed., June 21! Join us for a discussion about Washington’s drug policy landscape. Featuring @votenicolemacri, @acholcomb of @ACLU_WA, @DamperDeaunte of @VOCALwashington, & a special guest with lived experience of drug use & homelessness. Moderated by @pinestbomber.
Beyond the Blake Decision: Understanding Washington's New War on Drugs Wednesday, June 21, 5-6pm, Online What is the future of Washington's drug policy? How does it intersect with homelessness and the criminal justice system? And what impact does it the new war on drugs have on our community's most vulnerable? Join us for a panel discussion of Washington's drug policy landscape post-Blake decision. Register: tinyurl.com/beyond-blake

ALT Beyond the Blake Decision: Understanding Washington's New War on Drugs Wednesday, June 21, 5-6pm, Online What is the future of Washington's drug policy? How does it intersect with homelessness and the criminal justice system? And what impact does it the new war on drugs have on our community's most vulnerable? Join us for a panel discussion of Washington's drug policy landscape post-Blake decision. Register: tinyurl.com/beyond-blake

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This is the same Tim Burgess who - two days after King County Jail employees killed Michael Rowland (a Black unhoused man experiencing a mental health crisis) - stated, "I'm fearful that I will hear next that an arrestee has a hangnail and is declined.” 🧵
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The context for this quote: Burgess complaining in an e-mail to the jail director that the jail refused to accept for booking a person in mental health crisis (two days after guards at the jail had killed Michael Rowland w/in 20 minutes of his booking). seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

A Seattle man began the night in crisis. Then, a sudden death in restraint

A homeless man's death in jail custody has raised serious questions about the city of Seattle's handling of behavioral health crises and the risk of prone restraint.

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Make no mistake: Tim Burgess is a-okay with criminalizing poor people directly to an early grave. @MayorofSeattle: will you let a person who shows such utter disdain for poor, disabled people dictate your public safety agenda? People of Seattle: All eyes on the Mayor's office
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Don't forget to subscribe to @DivestSPD's substack! Read for yourself what's got Brandi Kruse all riled up! divestspd.substack.com/
DivestSPD
@DivestSPD20 Jun 2023
Brandi Kruse is ranting about us on her podcast right now. She calls DivestSPD one of the most influential voices "in the progressive sphere in Seattle when it comes to the anti-police sentiment." They're mad because we're good at what we do.
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Must-read thread as Seattle mulls over criminalizing drug possession and public drug use. #NoNewWarOnDrugs
Alec Karakatsanis@equalityAlec10 Dec 2021
THREAD. As we hit an unprecedented 100,000 drug overdose deaths, I answer the following question in this thread on the "War on Drugs": are punishment bureaucrats incompetent at achieving their goals, or are they pursuing goals that are different from what they tell us publicly?
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Seána@GrantSana20 Jun 2023
*Five hundred* people drowned trying to reach Europe last week and it was covered but my god contrasting it to the coverage of this Titanic submarine is just appalling to see, so much more focus, experts on, analysis and interest from the public. Certain lives are so cheap to us
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The right question to ask is: How can we take advantage of the opportunity cop attrition represents and embrace a just transition away from policing and towards -real- safety for Seattle.
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