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#Defundapalooza was EVERYTHING!!! Amazing resources from amazing organizers & thinkers across the country for campaigns to #DefundPolice #RefundCommunities #DefendBlackLives many HOT off the presses, like authors hadn't actually seen the designed version of some! Missed it? 👇🏽
We shared @projectnia's #DefundthePolice video , disponible en español tambien aqui: bit.ly/DefundPoliceSP…
As well as the Police Abolition 101 zine collabo between @projectnia & @interruptcrim, based & expanding on @MPD_150's resource - disponible en español pronto! issuu.com/projectnia/doc… #DefundPolice #DefundthePolice #Defundapalooza
starting this in a few, join us on @joinClubhouse
We're live now.
James Burch, APTP policy director is on with @CatsCommentary, APTP co founder, and @ChaneyTurner. The purpose of the convo is to reimagine public safety and defund OPD.
Cat Brooks is now breaking down what @MHFirstOak is...
James Burch, APTP policy director is on with @CatsCommentary, APTP co founder, and @ChaneyTurner. The purpose of the convo is to reimagine public safety and defund OPD.
Cat Brooks is now breaking down what @MHFirstOak is...
Cat just gave an overview of how we got MACRO in Oakland. It started w/APTP’s own project @MHFirstOak. We started this because we want to be visionary, not reactionary. We had a convo about how we can reduce police terror. Police didn’t always used to be the answer to everything.
Such a beautiful day in Oakland to be in community. 🥰🌞🥰
Thanks for kicking it with APTP, the Defund Police Coalition, and MH First at the Akoma Market today!
#RefundRestoreReimagine #DefundOPD #RefundOaklanders
Thanks for kicking it with APTP, the Defund Police Coalition, and MH First at the Akoma Market today!
#RefundRestoreReimagine #DefundOPD #RefundOaklanders
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Photo 1: group photo of 14 representatives of the Defund Police Coaltion standing in front of the Defund Police booth at the Akoma Market
Photo 2: image of people coming up to the Defund Police Coalition booth at Akoma Market to get information
Photo 1: group photo of 14 representatives of the Defund Police Coaltion standing in front of the Defund Police booth at the Akoma Market
Photo 2: image of people coming up to the Defund Police Coalition booth at Akoma Market to get information
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Photo 3: image of 2 community members participating in an activity at the Defund Police Coalition table
Photo 4: art piece by Melanie Cervantes @Meloniousfunk of 3 people, one speaking into a megaphone that says APTP, another holding a “Defund the police” sign.
Photo 3: image of 2 community members participating in an activity at the Defund Police Coalition table
Photo 4: art piece by Melanie Cervantes @Meloniousfunk of 3 people, one speaking into a megaphone that says APTP, another holding a “Defund the police” sign.
NEW: Today we are publishing an analysis of 442,812 calls to the Oakland Police Department in 2019. The analysis found only 4% of calls to police are for violent crime, and that 1% of police calls take up 57% of police time (based on their own record keeping).
Let's dig in. 🤓
Let's dig in. 🤓
The data is published in a report we submitted responding to the final recommendations issued by Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. The Task Force was set up because we've called to #DefundOPD for 5 years & YOU took to the streets last summer.
antipoliceterrorproject.org/oakland-is-rea…
antipoliceterrorproject.org/oakland-is-rea…
Last summer the NYT asked: "How do police actually spend their time?"
We realized in Oakland we didn't know how the Police, who cost us half our city budget(!), actually spend their time.
nytimes.com/2020/06/19/ups…
We realized in Oakland we didn't know how the Police, who cost us half our city budget(!), actually spend their time.
nytimes.com/2020/06/19/ups…
Is everyone ready for a good ol' fashioned #oakmtg? Time for the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force. Let's see how this 19-person committee goes...
CM Bas kicks it off with a grand speech about redefining success, CM Taylor gives a slightly less grand speech, introduces Ed Reiskin, who hopes that between all 19 people, the task force can find common ground. I'm glad we can see everyone's faces.
Seems the City Administrator's office is providing resources to the task force. This is interesting since that office seems somewhat stretched thin and disorganized already? #oakmtg
Team #oakmtg, team #defundopd, I know we are all heartbroken about how the budget decisions came down over the last month. I'd love to start a thread of ideas for how we can keep being productive citizens and help the cause.
1. Hold city council accountable over the next year to actually make that 50% defunding happen. There's a lot of talk about committing to it but we need to remind them about their words in the next budget election. #oakmtg
2. Educate your neighbors about the empty promises, half-truths, and disappointment that you've seen in these meetings. Let people know about the most problematic councilmembers. Tell them who to vote for in November. #oakmtg
Watching @LibbySchaaf Town Hall. I'm already a fan of @MichaelDTubbs, talking about a UBI pilot in Stockton. #oakmtg
Stockton piloted $500 for 125 families and saw positive results. Libby says she has pledged to plan and run a pilot. Says Y combinator was supposed to run it here but they moved to another city. Plugs Oakland promise #oakmtg
Reminder that oakland promise gives $100 to 529 funds (college accounts), sits in the account, unusable for 15 years. UBI would be way more immediately impactful in people's lives #oakmtg
Police Commission #oakmtg. OPD will present budget then conduct public hearing. Jump on now if you want to join in. #defundOPD
Apparently for every tow in Oakland by a civilian, OPD provides an armed police officer. That sounds extremely expensive and unnecessary... #oakmtg
Turns out it is upon request, that makes way more sense... still, commissioner is asking "what is a tense situation" that would qualify an officer accompanying a tow? Chief is saying it has to do with removing from someone's property vs. abandonment
In Oakland City Council meeting. @ACSOSheriffs will apparently withhold mutual aid to OPD if they ban tear gas, which is currently on the table for discussion. Chief Manheimer and Vice Mayor Reid are therefore opposed to toothless res. to urge against use.
Councilmembers seem not to have known about this, this is a big reveal for everyone. Berkeley's recent ban means they will not receive mutual aid.
Of note, @LibbySchaaf is not present, though she was called out explicitly by many of the over 150 public commenters in the beginning of the meeting.
@LibbySchaaf Hi Mayor Schaaf, I am an Oakland resident urging you to defund OPD. It takes an enormous share of the city’s general fund, and that percentage has risen exponentially for the last two decades, taking away desperately needed resources from essential city services.
As Oakland residents, we, therefore, demand that you take immediate action to ensure the following:
1. Reduce OPD’s allocation from the General Fund by 50% (roughly $150 Million)
