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OKC City Councilor, Ward 6. Working on a world that is kinder and gentler. Centering those society marginalizes in policy decisions creates a better community for all. 📚 🚲 🚌 🐶
The group will have two different tracks - Black Radical Tradition and The Carceral State, and you’re welcome to join either or both, and attend as you’re able! We’ll post podcast episodes prior to each meeting to help provide context as well! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
May 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The group will have two different tracks - Black Radical Tradition and The Carceral State, and you’re welcome to join either or both, and attend as you’re able! We’ll post podcast episodes prior to each meeting to help provide context as well! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
While there was certainly more we could have done to make this board stronger, I am hopeful it is a positive step in creating more accountability for police abuse of power.
March 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
While there was certainly more we could have done to make this board stronger, I am hopeful it is a positive step in creating more accountability for police abuse of power.
After recommendations from the 21CP report, this board has some new features that are intended to create more transparency about accountability for police use of force. Some of these include moving to public meetings, ward-based appointees & a requirement to host annual educational events.
March 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
After recommendations from the 21CP report, this board has some new features that are intended to create more transparency about accountability for police use of force. Some of these include moving to public meetings, ward-based appointees & a requirement to host annual educational events.
Hi Brad! The retail theft panic and subsequent locking up items is on the retailers who ginned up a narrative that is widely untrue. More surveillance and buying into this false narrative won’t help people be able to buy their toothbrush or keep anyone safe. www.vera.org/news/the-tru...
The Truth about Retail Theft
In October, retail lobbyists demanded that Congress expand the prosecution and policing of shoplifting, making it easier to charge theft as a federal crime. The National Retail Federation (NRF) claime...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hi Brad! The retail theft panic and subsequent locking up items is on the retailers who ginned up a narrative that is widely untrue. More surveillance and buying into this false narrative won’t help people be able to buy their toothbrush or keep anyone safe. www.vera.org/news/the-tru...
It takes all of us being diligent to keep one another safe and healthy and I definitely haven’t appreciated that as highly until I became immunocompromised. I know it can be challenging but I want to share this in hopes that next time you are sick, you’ll take extra precautions to not share. ❤️
January 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It takes all of us being diligent to keep one another safe and healthy and I definitely haven’t appreciated that as highly until I became immunocompromised. I know it can be challenging but I want to share this in hopes that next time you are sick, you’ll take extra precautions to not share. ❤️
I just can’t understate how much this has sucked and despite my very imperfect efforts to mask up in most spaces, I neglected to a few times last week and am sorely regretting it. Someone I was meeting with sneezed and I remember thinking, “Oh no”. But even if I had been masking, it’s still not 100%
January 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I just can’t understate how much this has sucked and despite my very imperfect efforts to mask up in most spaces, I neglected to a few times last week and am sorely regretting it. Someone I was meeting with sneezed and I remember thinking, “Oh no”. But even if I had been masking, it’s still not 100%
I’ve been laid out with the flu all week and it’s the first time I’ve had it while on this medication. Before I might be tired a day or two & have some congestion. This has absolutely wrecked my entire week & I’ve felt *horrible*. Today is the 1st I’ve been out of bed for more than an hour.
January 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I’ve been laid out with the flu all week and it’s the first time I’ve had it while on this medication. Before I might be tired a day or two & have some congestion. This has absolutely wrecked my entire week & I’ve felt *horrible*. Today is the 1st I’ve been out of bed for more than an hour.
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Wait so you’re telling me that if we make one group of people into un-persons, that shit can spread to others, bro? Sounds bad. Someone should stop that before it starts.
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wait so you’re telling me that if we make one group of people into un-persons, that shit can spread to others, bro? Sounds bad. Someone should stop that before it starts.