✊🏾 Fighting for a just, effective and equitable approach to criminal justice and drug policy reform.
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A few months ago, @npapillion teamed up w/ @lastprisonerprj to put together a study detailing the impact cannabis prohibition has had on America's criminal justice system. The Policing of Marijuana—the first part of the #CriminalInjustice series—is now live. Check it out ✨!
✨ Announcing #CriminalInjustice, a four-part study detailing the staggering human & economic costs of our unjust crusade. The first piece—The Policing of Marijuana Prohibition—explores how prohibition has transformed police work: the "front door" of our criminal justice system.
In a few minutes, @RulesDemocrats will convene to discuss the #MOREAct. If discharged from Committee, it could be voted on as early as tomorrow. Follow along as we live tweet the meeting—& don't forget to #DemandMORE from your Congressperson by heading to demand-more.org
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In @BET "Smoke: Marijuana + Black America" doc, premiering tonight, Sen. @CoryBooker, VP-elect @KamalaHarris, @RepBarbaraLee & others speak on the failures of the drug war & affirm their commitment to dismantling this ineffective, five-decade-long crusade. youtu.be/75ZzYmbx0cQ
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Grateful to Pennsylvania's @FettermanLt for continually speaking on the harms of cannabis criminalization & pushing his colleagues to help him end this unjust & ineffective crusade.
No, I don't use cannabis. Yes, I'll be tested, if that's what it takes for our legislature to pass legalization.
You don't have to personally use cannabis to see that it's just common sense and the people of Pennsylvania deserve this freedom. pennlive.com/news/2020/09/lt…
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“I’m hoping they end the war on drugs. I’m hoping they release the individuals who have non-violent criminal drug offenses since people are already out here making money off of legal cannabis." bit.ly/3lFmW6p
Despite receiving a v. similar number of complaints re: #marijuana in both neighborhoods, #NYPD arrested ~4X people per capita in Canarsie (81% Black) v. Greenpoint (4% Black). Activist & Canarsie native Floyd Jarvis—“I know of 5 Black men that have been deported for #cannabis.”
“I know of five Black men that have been deported for cannabis. I have been arrested in Canarsie three times for cannabis. There’s many young men who have been arrested for it in Canarsie.”
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#CriminalInjustice explores how federal drug law enforcement $$$ works to fuel the militarization of U.S police departments. Thanks to the incredible work of @gavroz, we can easily track the quantity & composition of those Dept. of Defense transfers ➡️ bit.ly/2STKYOp
✨ Thank you for amplifying @IWRAW_AP
"Drug-war dogma has become so ingrained that the mere insinuation of drug involvement empowers law enforcement and politicians to cast victims as villains." In @Filtermag_org, @npapillion writes on #BreonnaTaylor and the 'war on drugs': filtermag.org/breonna-taylor… #BlackLivesMatter
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“This is a small but important step to decriminalizing Black and brown bodies of being targeted by this longtime policing tool, which was really created by politicizing the war on drugs.”
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What she said.
"Responsibility for [Breonna] Taylor’s death lies with a five-decade-long “War on Drugs” that didn’t just enable state violence," writes @npapillion of @equityorg, "but actively incentivized it… all while ensuring virtual impunity for its perpetrators."
filtermag.org/breonna-taylor…
📞 Michigan Parole Board (517-373-0270) and @GovWhitmer (517-373-3400). MDOC #176309
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED!
Despite the support of the Attorney General, the county prosecutor, and hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens, the MI Parole Board has once again DELAYED Michael's clemency process and has not set a date for a public hearing.
Couldn't agree more. Thank you @Kassandra_Fred & @DrugPolicyOrg for continuing to shed a light on the horrific and seemingly intractable interplay between US drug policy and police violence.
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We know @FLRightsRestore is doing incredible work—anyone know of other orgs focused on education, registration & GOTV for people on probation in other battleground states? #FreeTheVote
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Thank you @PeterTosh for championing #CriminalInjustice! Have you read it? Learn and take action ➡️ criminal-injustice.org
@lastprisonerprj recently published 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘴 & 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, a report by Natalie Papillion that dives into the sordid history behind America's marijuana laws, and details the staggering...
Thank you for amplifying @WilliesReserve ✨
America’s policy of marijuana prohibition has destroyed millions of lives, devastated countless communities, and animated many of the injustices we're grappling with today.
@lastprisonerprj recently published : bit.ly/criminal-injustice
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BENZINGA CANNABIS CAPITAL CONFERENCE | Social Equity Programs in Michigan. Hosted by: Natalie Papillion
@npapillion Guests: Hilary Black @CanopyGrowth, Khadijah Tribble @tribbleme @Curaleaf, Barrington Rutherford @crescolabs. Watch The Full Interview benzinga.com/events/cannabis…
“... The NYPD officers stopped, later telling investigators that they suspected the two—a 16 & 21-year-old, both male & Black—of carrying #marijuana. As the teenager ran, one of the officers grabbed the 21-year-old from behind, lifted him up and slammed him into the pavement.”
NYPD has stopped sharing a wide variety of paper records and has been redacting the names of potential witnesses without explanation. It has allowed officers to refuse to be interviewed by investigators. It often doesn’t produce body-worn camera footage. propub.li/2Y43mab
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