Instead of heeding calls to dismantle the infrastructure of state violence, @democrats.org kept increasing their investments in policing (incl "reforms") to serve & protect whiteness/capitalism.
And here we are.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
#AbolishICE #DismantleWhiteness
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And here we are.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
#AbolishICE #DismantleWhiteness
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Trump is quietly expanding control of state & local police. "Their larger project is to blur the lines between different law enforcement agencies in the military and create one national police force that is essentially under the command of the president.” theintercept.com/2025/10/20/t...
Trump “National Police Force” Built on ICE Partnerships With Local Agencies Like… Wildlife Commissions?
Trump is using ICE partnerships and lies about immigrant crime waves to create a national police force that operates under his orders.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Activists usually screw up the branding of their movement (DefundPolice; BLM), but the NoKings organizers really knocked it out of the park.
Activists usually screw up the branding of their movement (DefundPolice; BLM), but the NoKings organizers really knocked it out of the park.
i love "no kings" especially because its making the gop do a batshit crazy argument of "no actually we like kings"
October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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No, @mayorofchicago.bsky.social, it's not "unrealistic" to reduce police funding.
It's absolutely necessary if we have any chance of defeating the forces of fascism and MAGA's white nationalist agenda.
#DefundCPD #DefundPolice
#AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
#DismantleWhiteness
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It's absolutely necessary if we have any chance of defeating the forces of fascism and MAGA's white nationalist agenda.
#DefundCPD #DefundPolice
#AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
#DismantleWhiteness
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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget for 2026 would impose new limits on overtime spending by the Chicago Police Department while acknowledging it was unrealistic to expect CPD to spend less than $200 million next year to compensate officers for working extra hours.
Johnson Vows to Crack Down on Police Overtime Spending in 2026, As CPD Budget Swells to $2.1B
In all, CPD’s budget is set to swell to $2.1 billion, increasing by $37.9 million to cover the cost of salary increases required by agreements with unions representing members.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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'“Fascism is here,” said Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th). “We are watching a federal government weaponizing itself against its own people. We are watching unidentified agents with masks on kidnapping people off the street.”'
#AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
#AbolishICE #AbolishPolice
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
Chicago's immigration committee chair warns "fascism is here" as he sends a plan to investigate the feds to City Council. blockclubchi.co/3KR5Kwd
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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All prisons, jails & detention facilities generate violence & death.
They serve no other purpose.
#AbolishICE #DefundPolice
#AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
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They serve no other purpose.
#AbolishICE #DefundPolice
#AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
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Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care? Story via @newyorker.com
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Nothing better to calm down a person in crisis than 8 police cruisers🤬 #defundpolice
October 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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All police are fascist.
There’s no more “good cops”
The culture is one of violence/power & control.
They vote straight FDJT.
#DefundPolice
There’s no more “good cops”
The culture is one of violence/power & control.
They vote straight FDJT.
#DefundPolice
October 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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also: That people like Friedersdorf—and the entirety of the white punditry class—don't consider the exponential increase in the U.S. prison population during the 1980s & 1990s to be a form of political violence really says everything.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
#DefundPolice #AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
September 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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The U.S. government has agreed to pay a record-breaking amount of nearly $116 million to settle lawsuits brought by 103 people who survived sexual abuse and assault at a federal women’s prison in California. The facility, FCI Dublin, was shuttered earlier this year.
Survivors of Infamous California “Rape Club” Prison Win Record $116M Settlement
FCI Dublin, a federal women’s prison, was shuttered this year amid a lawsuit brought by 103 survivors of staff abuse.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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And we should use some of the money we’ve been spending on cops to do something else that actually works! #DefundPolice #BlackLivesMatter
August 1, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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2014:
"The total in financial damages to taxpayers from the torture of over 100 black men that Jon Burge oversaw, & the ongoing pension payouts to his collaborating officers, exceeds $120M—with no end on the horizon."
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#DefundCPD #DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
"The total in financial damages to taxpayers from the torture of over 100 black men that Jon Burge oversaw, & the ongoing pension payouts to his collaborating officers, exceeds $120M—with no end on the horizon."
inthesetimes.com/article/jon-...
#DefundCPD #DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
January 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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December 15, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Sean Grayson, now charged with murder in the killing of Sonya Massey, was previously discharged from the Army for serious misconduct — and still hired at six police departments in Central Illinois
Deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey in Springfield was discharged from Army for serious misconduct - IPM Newsroom
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, was previously discharged from the U.S. Army for serious misconduct, military r...
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July 24, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Lying & deception are intrinsic to policing because the violent system of whiteness/capitalism served & protected by policing is based on false hierarchies of human value.
#CopsLie
#DefundCPD #DefundPolice
#AbolishPolice #AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
#CopsLie
#DefundCPD #DefundPolice
#AbolishPolice #AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
July 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Here's a before and after set of screenshots for the LA city website that lists the $160-a-week daycare centers that existed in 2024 vs. those that exist now.
The @mayor.lacity.gov and the City's Chief Administrative Officer traded 9 centers away for bloated LAPD salaries.
Now we only have 3.
The @mayor.lacity.gov and the City's Chief Administrative Officer traded 9 centers away for bloated LAPD salaries.
Now we only have 3.
July 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Of the 1,052 excessive force complaints fielded by CCRB investigators during the 2020 protests, the board concluded that 66 involved force that was improper, excessive or unnecessary enough for the NYPD to administer the most severe level of discipline.
Almost Every NYPD Cop Charged with Excessive Force During the George Floyd Protests Escaped Serious Punishment
A review by THE CITY reveals that only five cops cited in the most extreme cases substantiated by the CCRB received significant discipline, and that 10 disciplinary cases still haven’t been resolved…
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June 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Alabama voters banned prison slavery — but prisoners say it hasn’t stopped
As a lawsuit from incarcerated workers tries to stop a forced prison labor program, a beer distributor is defending its own participation www.whatimreading.net/p/alabama-vo...
As a lawsuit from incarcerated workers tries to stop a forced prison labor program, a beer distributor is defending its own participation www.whatimreading.net/p/alabama-vo...
June 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#GeorgeFloyd would have been 52. When he cried out #icantbreathe, mother's hearts broke everywhere and wished we could have saved him.
#seekjustice in his name. #restinpower. #blacklivesmatter #defundpolice #policecauseharm
#seekjustice in his name. #restinpower. #blacklivesmatter #defundpolice #policecauseharm
October 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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chicago police in one south-side district can now file felony gun possession charges without approval from a prosecutor, under a pilot quietly launched on jan. 1.
lawyers + advocates fear removing a layer of accountability from a department w/ a long history of misconduct.
for @bolts.bsky.social:
lawyers + advocates fear removing a layer of accountability from a department w/ a long history of misconduct.
for @bolts.bsky.social:
New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review - Bolts
In the early evening on Feb. 19, two Chicago police officers arrested a 40-year-old man in the Englewood neighborhood. According to their report, the officers cited an odor of “raw... Read More
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March 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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The Chicago Police budget is over $2 billion.
#DefundCPD #DefundPolice
#AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
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#DefundCPD #DefundPolice
#AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
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The district will be laying off over 500 math and literacy tutors two weeks before the end of the school year as CPS faces a $529 million budget deficit.
Chicago Public Schools to lay off over 500 tutors weeks before school year ends
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools is laying off over 500 tutors two weeks before the end of the school year, WBEZ reported. In 2021, as part of its strategy to boost math and literacy test scores af…
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May 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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[Context] Between 2005 & 2022, at least 1,800 state & local cops were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse.
The investigation uncovered a horrifying pattern of abuse in which police use their badges to rape children, primarily teen girls between 13 & 15 www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The investigation uncovered a horrifying pattern of abuse in which police use their badges to rape children, primarily teen girls between 13 & 15 www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
How police officers prey on children
According to a new Washington Post investigation, between 2005 and 2022, at least 1,800 state and local police officers were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse.
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May 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Fact is there are NO "Good-Cops" so long as their are "Bad-Cops", plus the very fact they are not here to protect YOU, just the establishment.
#ACAB #DefundPolice #EndPolice
#ACAB #DefundPolice #EndPolice
May 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/08/07/officer-now-faces-long-list-of-charges
I'm disgusted..and not surprised.
#defundpolice #policecauseharm #whodoicalltocallthepoliceonthepolice
I'm disgusted..and not surprised.
#defundpolice #policecauseharm #whodoicalltocallthepoliceonthepolice
Winnipeg cop, first arrested last fall, accused of drug trafficking, taking ‘intimate photo’ of corpse, other offences
A Winnipeg officer previously arrested as part of an internal investigation is facing more charges, and a fourth officer is now accused of wrongdoing. The Winnipeg Police Service announced on Nov. 7 t...
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August 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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