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🧵CONTENT WARNING: Medical neglect, violence, pregnancy, fetal death, death.
It’s impossible to express the frustration, sadness and rage we shared with our community when we read Kelly Masten’s story last week.
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It’s impossible to express the frustration, sadness and rage we shared with our community when we read Kelly Masten’s story last week.
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On Apr 11, 38 yr old Kelly Masten who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy, was arrested during a mental health crisis call. Kelly's almost daily seizures from the age of 2, have left her with the capacity of a 5-6 yr. old. Unable to read, write or take care of most daily needs.
Despite repeated requests from family to have her transported to JPS hospital, she was arrested and confined in a single cell in Tarrant co jail.
What followed is a horrific example of how carceral systems are designed to fail human beings, especially the most vulnerable ones.
What followed is a horrific example of how carceral systems are designed to fail human beings, especially the most vulnerable ones.
We have reached a historic settlement with the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office today, officially ending OPDA’s years-long use of fake subpoenas and intimidation to coerce and jail survivors & witnesses of harm. #NOLA #Louisiana 
In 2017, we joined @ACLU, @ACLUofLouisiana, @VenableLLP, SilenceIsViolence, and the plaintiffs to file a lawsuit against then-DA Cannizzaro for fabricating subpoenas to force folks into out-of-court interrogations. DA Cannizzaro's office was breaking the law in #Louisiana.
OPDA even went as far as putting its official seal on them to try and trick people into thinking they were real. As a result, #Louisiana jailed people who weren’t accused of a crime for days, weeks, and even months.
#idweek2021 @IDSAInfo Implications of #COVID19 in African-American & Latinx communities by Dr Hewlett Jr #idtwitter #medEd
#idweek2021 @IDSAInfo #disparities
Implications of #COVID19 in #BLM African-American & #Latinx communities by Dr Hewlett Jr #idtwitter #medEd #pregnancy #obgyntwitter
Implications of #COVID19 in #BLM African-American & #Latinx communities by Dr Hewlett Jr #idtwitter #medEd #pregnancy #obgyntwitter
#idweek2021 @IDSAInfo #disparities Implications of #COVID19 in #BLM African-American & #Latinx communities by Dr Hewlett Jr #idtwitter #medEd #diabetes #obesity #race #FrontlineWorkers vascular disease
I’ve been asked about my plan to increase representation of Black people on juries. This thread outlines FIVE steps every state should take to increase representation on juries. See what has been done in CA & what is left to accomplish. #JuryofYourPeers #BlackLivesMatterOnJuries
1. Eliminating the felony exclusion. Over 30% of Black men in CA were excluded from jury service b/c of a felony conviction & it didn’t matter how old it was... until we passed SB310 by @NancySkinnerCA. We fixed that. #EndFelonyJuryExclusion sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…
2. Expanding the list from which jurors are called to serve beyond CDL and voting reg. SB592 by @Scott_Wiener was passed, expanding the list to include names of tax fliers. But it should be expanded further to include utility bills and recipients of state benefits. #ExpandTheList
As a survivor of crime, I want more than anything to know others will not endure the same pain I did. Above all else, I want collective safety. Our current system doesn’t create that, in fact, it perpetuates cycles of violence & commits deep injustices in the name of survivors.
2/ We need to stop pretending that we don’t know that there are better ways. Across the country, organizers, community organizations & even young people are innovating with better solutions. #transformativejustice #restoreativejustice #donomoreharm
3/ Who are the innovators you know doing this great work? Practicing violence prevention, harm reduction, seeking restorative & transformative solutions? Add them to this thread to amplify their efforts! #cjreform #harmreduction #endmassincarceration #peoplenotprisons
If you missed the #read4justicewithamber discussion with Aya Gruber author of The Feminist War on Crime, you may access it here via @YouTube
1/ One of my favorite moments was when Aya passionately stated "This thought that there is this neat divide between 'the criminals' & 'the victims' was just never true as an empirical statistical matter." @ayagruber #endmassincarceration
2/ "The iconic 'victims' & 'perpetrators' that all of this massive amount of policy, massive expenditures of wealth in this country in caging people, the images that those were made on, were just racialized, class, gendered images. THEY. JUST. WEREN'T. TRUE." @ayagruber #cjreform
