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2024-04-12 18:20:36

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition
I posted two previous panel discussions on Alternatives to Policing that were happening in Detroit. The third one is April 17th and focuses on community groups and what actions they are taking to help create safety. I'm attaching the flyer for the program. You can register at http://tinyurl.com/alternatives2police
https://files.blacktwitter.io/media_attachments/files/112/259/605/745/098/430/original/3e022dcff4531cdd.jpg

2024-02-02 19:51:53

Why have all the images in my timeline disappeared? I don't have hide sensitive media checked and I don't have gradient color checked. Just started today....🤔

2024-01-29 19:59:51

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@npub1vag…hyp2 @npub13vy…lczv OK close ....In the place where you live how will this be implemented?

2024-01-29 18:20:46

#politics #trump #fascism #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @npub13vy…lczv
Can you participate in a thought experiment with me? The posts warning about fascism are good, but I'm wondering what you think fascism actually looks like. Give a thought, and list what it looks like. Don't just say "the end of democracy." List what the concrete changes will be and make it local. "In my town/city/county/state the following will happen......" Think about it before replying. Not just for #BlackMastodon .

2024-01-15 23:05:33

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@npub1yjl…pext That is amazing because anyone who knows anything about DC knows that colorism rules here! It did in the past and it still does. But even many old school activists who are DC natives are often don't recognize the privilege they've had because of skin tone because for them it was just how the world worked. They weren't on the other side of that particular privilege to understand their world was different from a darker skin DC native.

2024-01-15 19:34:44

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@npub1yjl…pext OK, I'm too old to appreciate the make-up, but I hear what she is saying. I feel sorry for these young people are just learning that the struggle to be accepted as a Black person is still real. However, racial identity is complex and not always determined by the self. Bi-racial people are Black because that is how society labels them whether they choose it or not. I do however agree, that the idea of what Black beauty is, is framed by privileging bi-racial physical appearance.

2024-01-03 18:34:12

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@npub1hvz…mle9 This squares well with my experience teaching in the hell state that is Florida. One in 5 American adults is illiterate (not just Florida). Another 1 in 5 is functionally illiterate. So we are already at 2 in 5 that cannot read.

2023-12-21 02:03:47

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @npub13vy…lczv Hey family. I've been ragging on my friends who allow Google, Apple, and Facebook (!) to curate their news. And then they complain when I raise news stories they haven't seen. 🙄 Can you all share a very simple way they can create their own list of news sources. It has to be simple. They all have advanced degrees but are still on Facebook (!) and still use Amazon because it's "too"convenient. I need something they can do in 5 minutes or less.

2023-12-17 02:45:18

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@npub16u8…zwrv Hmmm...are you sure about that?

2023-11-15 21:33:34

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@npub19h7…765n @npub13vy…lczv @npub1amh…t78z This film is visually stunning, totally shot in black & white. Good story telling as well.

2023-11-15 04:11:52

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@npub1spp…s0wq @npub189n…satx What you are saying is not true. People are and have been held accountable across many countries. It is still hard to get accountability on the former colonial powers, but people are chipping away at that too. The big powers do not sign most treaties and when they do, they are reservations and exceptions. International accountability is through consensus and it takes a long time to build consensus.

2023-11-15 03:41:35

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@npub1spp…s0wq @npub189n…satx Nothing can happen at the moment. But that does not mean nothing will ever happen. The mechanism of law run their own course and it is never fast. It took 10 years for the International Court of Justice to rule on the case Bosnia brought against Serbia for the genocide of Bosnian Muslim men. The ICTY got criminal convictions but they had to wait for the fighting to end.

2023-11-15 03:14:23

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@npub189n…satx No basically there is nothing. Countries of the world agree to be bound by conventions and treaties. But there's no "international police" that have the authority to do anything to a sovereign state. This is why punishment comes later, when there is enough willingness to turn folks over for prosecution to the International Criminal Court, which by the way, we are not a member of...

2023-11-15 03:09:45

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@npub189n…satx The mechanism that could stop atrocities sooner rather than later is the Security Council at the UN. But as I'm sure everyone knows, it has been corrupted by Russia, China and the US. The three nations that consistently block any action to prevent atrocities. There is no other mechanism of the world bodies.

2023-11-15 03:00:54

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@npub1llw…vkpl @npub1vhx…j9kg NOT the first . Rep. Alma Adams was the first two days earlier!

2023-10-13 22:06:34

#BlackFriday #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #MusicFromTheMotherland #diaspora @npub13vy…lczv Don't know about you all, but I was needing something to soothe the soul. This is a cut from kora master, Toumani Diabate, called Elyne Road. It's long. Let it wash over you and just run it in the background while you do whatever you do.https://youtu.be/iEZMNyeyjbE?si=MZH2HLBlvv_wuLX4

2023-09-15 18:27:34

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@npub14cq…k7mw Excellent rendition of what is happening in DC. And people WANT to have decent places to live in that they can afford. The city should be helping but as usual they are late to the game...or trying not to play at all.

2023-09-08 00:58:34

#mastodon
If one wanted to get out from under Gmail, which email services do folks recommend?

2023-09-01 19:22:33

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@npub13zy…3zww These people are the American Taliban.

2023-09-01 19:16:02

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@npub13kr…pdd7 I read this story and was wondering the same. Exactly what was the basis for the request for removal. She wasn't arguing it wasn't true...just that she had a right to be forgotten? Yeah...nah!

2023-08-31 15:33:54

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@npub19h7…765n Yes to both.

2023-08-31 15:31:10

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@npub1jfl…ru8c yeah because uh...the Taliban now runs Afghanistan, subjecting all of its people to deprivation of rights and Al-Qaeda is still blowing up stuff...so I guess that could be a strategy????

2023-08-31 05:00:08

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@npub1prs…lv40 @npub1f5d…9ugu @npub1483…lv2w It is true risk management of a pandemic can't and shouldn't be handled on an individual level but that is where we are now. Our public health system capitulated to big business and republicans and left us to our own devices. It shouldn't be that way but it is. That is our reality. So given that...everyone has to have their plan for how they are going to help save their own lives. That;s my point.

2023-08-31 04:56:59

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@npub1p8v…gura Try following @npub1ew9…qf5p He's pretty good on posting news.

2023-08-31 04:51:39

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@npub1p8v…gura It was posted on Mastodon earlier today. Try looking for some additional news sources that are posting here.

2023-08-31 04:49:42

Here's the People's CDC report for August 28th (See it's current). They have graphs dealing with what is showing in waste water and hospitalizations and they tell you how to find the info for your area.
https://peoplescdc.org/2023/08/28/peoples-cdc-covid19-weather-report-3/

2023-08-31 04:46:16

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@npub1483…lv2w @npub18y7…m5np @npub1f5d…9ugu See @jimvernons's response. I personally do not check CDC though...

2023-08-31 04:45:17

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@npub18y7…m5np @npub1f5d…9ugu @npub1483…lv2w So sometimes the problem is the health agencies don't keep numbers anymore. For example, I lost track of it but I think DeSantis dismantled the unit that did that in FL. But sometimes counties also keep stats. We've had several alerts in the past 3 weeks because hospitalizations doubled from June to July.

2023-08-31 04:33:07

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@npub1f5d…9ugu @npub1483…lv2w You can always get current data from the people's CDC. It's not a question of what is easy for me...it's a question of me taking charge of me. Here's the website. You can book mark and have as much info as you want. https://peoplescdc.org/

2023-08-31 04:27:35

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@npub1f5d…9ugu @npub1483…lv2w No...the experts in my area are all on the same page with the advice. Know the level of risk you are willing to take....assess your situation indoors and out and respond according to your needs. Masks protect the best. The advice is consistent.

2023-08-31 04:25:49

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@npub1f5d…9ugu @npub1483…lv2w Doesn't sound that hard to me...someone is coughing up a storm...you should be masked.Small inside space, eat outside. It's exhausting because partly you don't want to do it...and it's ok to acknowledge that. Everyone has to decide for themselves how much risk they are willing to bear.

2023-08-31 04:09:14

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@npub1483…lv2w Listen, we have good immunologist and virologists in our area. They all said the same thing. Do a risk assessment whenever you are out and about. This should be a normal part of your routine now. It will keep you from feeling like you're going to crack. Keep needed supplies in every bag or briefcase, and go on with your life.

2023-08-31 04:05:33

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@npub1483…lv2w Yes because people are not intelligent and they haven't been before when public health crises arose. But we had a public health arm that worked. Today we are on our own. Think of some quick snip to say and then ignore. We are literally on our own.

2023-08-31 03:44:14

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@npub1gkj…whm8 @npub1v2s…mqq5 I'm not against term limits if they are thought out carefully before enacting.

2023-08-30 18:12:32

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@npub14cq…k7mw Love the Street Sense paper. My favorite vendor is no longer around but whenever I see these folks I buy a paper. It's not just a charitable effort either, the reporting is pretty good and they include creative writings from unhoused people. The whole thing is wonderfully done.

2023-08-30 17:36:24

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Mini strokes maybe? He is clearly having some kind of serious medically created cognitive issue. I guess he would prefer to die in his suit than sit down....He and Diane Feinstein need to have a frank and honest discussion with their medical teams.

2023-08-30 17:14:55

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@npub155h…sn96 @npub1d7s…4ern An excellent film imo, a wonderful example of what people's creative impulses can envision, no matter what age they live in.

2023-08-30 17:11:29

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@npub1j7t…ls96 @npub13vy…lczv That has nothing to do with the colonial plantation system.

2023-08-30 16:38:45

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@npub1qe3…y8hj Please do feel better and take care.

2023-08-30 00:44:19

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
Barbados:https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1146807623/barbados-reparations-britain-caribbean
And, I’m sure you all saw the story that the colonial pineapple plantation system helped set the conditions for Hawaii’s fires. I encourage all of you to become more knowledgeable about the diasporic effort to bring dignity and justice to our people, no matter where we are located, even if it’s here. 8/8
If @npub13vy…lczv would like me to post more international stuff, let me know.

2023-08-30 00:43:11

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
The speakers stressed that these are truly global issues caused by colonialism and predatory capitalistic systems. We are not in this fight by ourselves although it may seem so at times. Here’s the link for AdNA is you want to check out their work or learn how you can become part of a Pan African movement. https://adnaubuntu.com/ On Guyana :https://adnaubuntu.com/ 7/8

2023-08-30 00:42:20

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
State terror against People of African descent, lack of resources devoted to health and safety of our communities, reparations and the GLOBAL movement supporting them. You may have seen recently Guyana, and Barbados said they were due reparations. And the situation of Haiti was discussed in the context of reparations. The need for mental health services to address generational trauma was also raised. 6/8

2023-08-30 00:41:59

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
Today I attended a meeting entitled “ Rebuilding A Pan African Global Policy Agenda” sponsored by AdNA (Advocacy Network for Africa) where the first part of findings and conclusions from of Forums’ meetings were discussed. There will be two more sessions, one in October and one in November.
Many of the issues I discuss in the abolition thread were discussed as part of the Forum’s preliminary research. 5/8

2023-08-30 00:41:38

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
But the UN entity I want to bring to your attention today is the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. It exists to hear about conditions of safety and quality of life for people of African descent. It also serves as an advisory group to the Human Rights Council. You can read about the Permanent Forum here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent 4/8

2023-08-30 00:41:18

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
CERD stands for the Convention for the Elimination All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It was the CERD review committee that demanded the US do something about Burge and the racist and violent Chicago police. That was why Burge finally got prosecuted. The UN directed the Justice Department to report back on what they were doing about him. The UN also has a treaty on discrimination. against women, CEDAW. 3/8

2023-08-30 00:40:52

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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
When things are bad here (OK, when are they not bad?) we can feel isolated and unsupported. But it may help you to know there are international treaties and bodies at the United Nations that specifically deal with our situation here. I mentioned one previously, CERD, when I was talking about the violent and corrupt police chief in Chicago named, John Burge. 2/8

2023-08-30 00:40:21

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Abolition @npub13vy…lczv
I didn’t throw up a post last week because I didn’t want it to be lost among the clown show theatrics. This week’s thread is a little different but definitely on point and related. Many POCs born and raised here in the US don’t normally pay a great deal of attention to what is happening to our people in other parts of the world (my apologies if you do, I am not talking about YOU), unless we have family there. 1/8

2023-08-27 04:09:50

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It is what many people want.

2023-08-25 01:23:08

#gardening #plants
My hibiscus plant bloomed and looks quite extraordinary. However, it requires a LOT of water, and on the 3rd day after bloom, the whole flower just falls to the ground! It was a lot of work for a very short but spectacular show.
https://files.blacktwitter.io/media_attachments/files/110/947/616/231/135/245/original/abd74f4d6659d50b.jpeg

2023-08-24 03:32:55

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@npub188z…uzmm @npub189n…satx She is a true believer. She probably thinks when they ascend they'll use that photo of her.

2023-08-24 03:30:22

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@npub1ru0…47qd We saw him, we did! If you read the comments in The Gothamist on that story about who would've believed Rudy would get to the place where he is now, everyone said, we all did! We had a saying back then that he would arrest his mother if it would get him on the front page of the NYT. That is who he is and has always been.

2023-08-23 22:24:49

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@npub1ru0…47qd My only regret is that I cannot boost or favor this more than once. As a lawyer who practiced against his office, I can say those of us in NY KNEW even then what his real character was. He was just good at putting on the facade for the unaware.

2023-08-23 21:57:23

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@npub189n…satx Have you ever heard Jenna Ellis speak? There is definitely something wrong with that one.

2023-08-22 17:29:26

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@npub1uxz…5ma4 🤣 This will look like a Saturday morning cartoon by the time it gets closer to trial.

2023-08-18 22:34:37

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@npub1gvh…edwx It is a Stand your Ground state.

2023-08-18 22:31:28

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@npub1gvh…edwx @npub13vy…lczv Maybe I'll say something about it next week. Trying to decompress from several days in NC doing research. my brain feels like it needs to be taken out and rinsed off!

2023-08-18 16:16:19

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@npub1gvh…edwx @npub13vy…lczv soooo much to say about that...but none of it appropriate for the internets!

2023-08-15 04:19:43

Nite everyone. Try to get some rest. There's a long road ahead until we see these jerks wearing orange jumpsuits...peace

2023-08-14 16:39:45

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@npub1c7r…yshm @npub1df5…a3y9 Can we follow the new address yet?

2023-08-12 00:44:42

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@npub1lwr…fqy6 Adultification in action! 12 years old or 20 years old, they are the same age in the eyes of law enforcement.

2023-08-11 23:33:05

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@npub18p5…apkc @npub13vy…lczv Thanks. The town hall was planned ahead of the suspension. Haughton-Worrell herself notified me about it, so I'm thinking they will also try and get in a piece about her situation.

2023-08-11 23:30:48

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@npub1483…lv2w yo...it's more than that. We are surely up to 25.

2023-08-11 21:21:27

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #DeSantis @npub13vy…lczv
There is a town hall rally being held for the Black State Attorney that Ron DeSantis supsended this week. If you are in the Orlando area or know people in the area they can attend and support.
SPEAK OUT TOWN HALL, Sat Aug 12 from 10am -12 noon, James R. Smith Center, 1723 Bruton Blvd., Orlando FL 32805

2023-08-11 21:18:23

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@npub1jsz…42fk Speak Out Town Hall Sat. August 12, 2023 from 10am - 12 noon at the James R. Smith Center , 1723 Bruton BLVD,, Orlando FL 32805. Please boost for visibility.

2023-08-11 21:15:02

@npub1jsz…42fk Just heard there is a town hall meeting in support of Monique Haughton-Worrell on Saturday. Trying to find out time for you.

2023-08-11 20:43:42

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@npub1dpz…tvte Revoking Sam Bankman-Fried's bail is a beautiful example of consequences when arrogant tech bros believe themselves to be above the law. And perhaps Trump's lawyers should pay attention because bail was revoked for witness tampering.
#CriminalLaw #Crypto

2023-08-11 20:23:05

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@npub19h7…765n @npub1amh…t78z @npub13vy…lczv After 6 years of living in FL, I had to put Waffle House on the banned foods list (along with Krispy Kreme donuts). I know this will make me a pariah y'all BUT health needs come first. And after I heard the cashier (when the cash register was down) say that she couldn't work a calculator because she didn't go to college (True story!)...I was just like...I can't do this anymore.

2023-08-11 20:04:54

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@npub1jsz…42fk @npub1v2s…mqq5 Exactly this. I posted about the fact the Chicago police not only know the guns come from Indiana, but they know which gun shops in Indiana they come from. As of the date of that posting which I think was around March, no action had been taken against ANY of the gun shops.

2023-08-11 01:56:04

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@npub1jsz…42fk It's pay walled but good for them. It has to be a sustained and escalating fight. I didn't hear back from Houghton-Worrell but I'm sure she is swamped. You're not in Orlando are you? I thought further south. I will send link to my family that is in Orlando.

2023-08-11 01:44:12

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@npub1jsz…42fk I haven't seen anything other than the NAACP letter in support of her.

2023-08-10 20:41:31

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@npub1s8y…q5s3 @npub189n…satx typo..it should say FYI but if you don't know what an abbreviation means you come out swinging instead of asking first? That's a way to get blocked for no reason.

2023-08-10 20:38:51

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@npub1s8y…q5s3 @npub189n…satx who is this directed to?

2023-08-10 20:37:27

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@npub199d…xwjc @npub1s8y…q5s3 @npub189n…satx don't know whether he was or not, but I think he was right on the law.

2023-08-10 20:29:16

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@npub1euu…dgnk @npub19h7…765n @npub1jpp…euxz @npub189n…satx Exactly right and this is why the issue of community safety is so complicated. All of those things must be in play for trauma to be addressed.

2023-08-10 20:27:31

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@npub1s8y…q5s3 @npub189n…satx FYA https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-upholds-ron-desantis-suspension-elected-state-attorney-rcna61683

2023-08-10 20:22:52

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@npub1tux…7c77 @npub1swy…snpj @npub1wj2…g03d @npub189n…satx The teachers in FL do not have tenure. They can be fired for any reason. It's one thing when you have the right to strike, but they are w/o protections.

2023-08-10 05:20:34

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@npub19h7…765n @npub1jpp…euxz @npub189n…satx We are a complicated people who have been traumatized for over four centuries. Mental health treatment must be a part of reparations.

2023-08-10 04:49:48

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@npub19h7…765n @npub1jpp…euxz @npub189n…satx I just don't know....all my family lines fled from the south: the free ones left in the 1840's and the enslaved ones left as soon as they could get the hell out. I don't pretend to understand, but you can find some of the same type of responses in hard hit urban areas that have been devoid of resources for generations. Maybe its just, they are too damn tired and worn down to hope or don't see the benefits of the fight...I don't know.

2023-08-10 04:37:51

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@npub15u4…jekn The citizens of the State of Florida have to do it.

2023-08-09 21:15:53

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 absolutely....the 11th will NOT tolerate that.

2023-08-09 21:15:05

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@npub189n…satx Against my advice, a good friend from NY moved there. She always had a dream of living by the beach in FL. And you know...you never want to step on someone's dream. So, we all stopped trying to persuade her not to go. She lasted two years and is now happily back in NY. We all breathed a sigh of relief.

2023-08-09 21:12:16

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@npub1jpp…euxz @npub189n…satx Keep trying. You never know which young person will hear your words and feel them resonate.

2023-08-09 20:36:20

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@npub1ztn…9xd5 @npub189n…satx @npub1ffl…tv7d smdh

2023-08-09 20:34:37

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@npub189n…satx That was the first place I ever lived, and I've been around the country, where I could not find a black community that I fit into. Until I retired in 2021 students were STILL asking if I was "allowed" to wear my locs in court!!!!! I just...I just have no words for that place...Took me 9 months to heal myself after I retired.

2023-08-09 20:29:54

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 LORD!!! Are these lawyers insane? I think they must be insane.

2023-08-09 20:26:06

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@npub189n…satx I'm no expert on FL ...but this is what I observed while I was there: 1) people are just resigned to what comes and take a sort of...we'll get by approach; 2) even in the Black community there seems to be a rejection of anything too confrontational. I met so many "go along to get along" people it was mind boggling. Even my own relatives there have become that way and they are NOT from FL. 3) when I first got there in '93 people still lowered their eyes when whites passed by....

2023-08-09 20:17:31

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@npub189n…satx From the FL voters? Me neither. The federal judge ruled last year that the dismissal was illegal but not a federal issue. Where is the state Democratic Party ? What are they doing? Of course...I don't live there and thankfully, I don't work there anymore, but I always had the sense people were waiting to be saved instead of taking the initiative themselves...🙅🏾‍♀️

2023-08-09 20:06:33

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #diaspora #Haiti @npub13vy…lczv
Thought some would find this interview of two Haitian New Yorkers interesting. They are talking about how the current situation in Haiti makes it difficult for them to help. And basically they do not support armed intervention.
https://gothamist.com/news/unrest-presents-challenges-for-nycs-haitian-community-hoping-to-offer-support

2023-08-09 19:38:18

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@npub189n…satx Everyone should have seen this coming and been prepared for it. Worrell-Haughton is an excellent lawyer and community minded. After the dismissal last year of the prosecutor in Tampa, she would have been the next logical target. So...are the people who voted her in going to do anything?

2023-08-08 21:38:08

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@npub1eeu…u43z @npub1amh…t78z I know, right!!🙄

2023-08-08 21:37:03

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#CriminalInjustice #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #PretrialDetention #DC @blackmastodon We started a project where we tracked what crime was being reported in the communities surrounding American, Georgetown & George Washington by reading the neighborhood papers. Crime was happening!! But, DC police did not make arrests of white kids. In one case some kids from Georgetown killed one of their team mates. The police allowed them to handle it as a disciplinary matter. That's how the system works. 2/2

2023-08-08 21:32:46

#CriminalInjustice #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #PretrialDetention #DC @npub13vy…lczv
When I say white people are never detained in DC I mean it. In the 3 years I supervised students representing DC detainees, they only saw 2 whites people held overnight. One was a crackhead from VA, who was released Monday morning. The other was a white man who killed somebody. He got bail. My students and I did not believe white people were not committing crime although they were immune from arrest. 1/2

2023-08-08 21:23:38

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@npub1hq5…qqsd @npub1amh…t78z Don't give DeathSatan any new ideas!!!

2023-08-08 21:08:39

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Another group focusing on accountability is supporting proposed legislation to compensate folks held in pretrial detention. The Detention Compensation Act would provide reparations for those held pretrial without bond. Pretrial detention in DC can last for days, months or even more than a year. This mainly impacts the Black residents of DC, as whites are almost NEVER detained. 6/8

2023-08-08 21:07:43

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Here’s the DC Code on body cams. https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-116.33.html. I wasn’t able to find the name of the group specifically advocating but they were part of DC Justice Lab, https://dcjusticelab.org/ which tasks itself with helping to transform DC’s approach to public safety. 5/8

2023-08-08 21:07:05

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In DC family members of those killed or harmed by the police often do not receive all footage from officers who recorded at the scene. They may not receive even the full footage of the primary officer despite the fact our legislation requires the release of footage. Advocates are asking that all footage, from all officers present be released. Multiple views of an incident provide important context. 4/8

2023-08-08 21:06:40

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It may surprise readers to learn not all states release body came footage. Here’s a list with the 9 states with the most restrictive measures in place. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/552665-9-states-with-some-of-the-strictest-rules-on-releasing-body-cam-videos/ And, an interactive body cam access map. https://www.rcfp.org/resources/bodycams/ 3/8

2023-08-08 21:06:16

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A hot demand in the police “reform” side of thing is to demand all law enforcement use body cameras. Body cameras aren’t a magic bullet. The police often don’t activate them, or disable them when the incident begins, and they have been known to try and tamper with the footage. Nonetheless today body cam footage can serve to contradict cop created versions of an incident. But who gets the footage and when? 2/8

2023-08-08 21:05:48

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Last week I highlighted some groups from the Comunity Safety Fair in DC that were focusing reduction of harm – one of the four identifiable buckets of police reform. Today I want to highlight two groups that are working on transparency and accountability. Remember that transparency is about getting full data about police misconduct. More data may lead to more accountability. 1/8

2023-08-08 04:34:54

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@npub1gvh…edwx It ended up just some really bad wind and rain, at least where I am. No we are under flood warning...sigh. Thanks for your good thoughts.