Again the white conservative, white supremacist Georgia governer & the Black liberal democratic mayor of Atlanta are in lock step in supporting the police/cop city over the people. State joins Atlanta in calling referendum petition initiative ‘invalid’ ajc.com/news/crime/sta…

"We'd feel safer without police" Sticker seen in NYC

Matthew E. Henry split screen -- a poem. Come listen to him read his work from The Pandemic Love Anthology icefloepress.net/pandemic-love-… 🎶🌟💐🎸

#OnThisDay in 1924, James Baldwin was born in Harlem, NY. He'd later become one of America's greatest literary voices. Baldwin's work interrogated themes of racial and sexual oppression in America and is regarded as one of the foremost intellectual thinkers of the 20th century.

Mike Brown was murdered 9 years ago today. His killing started an uprising that was repeated again in 2020. Today the police continue to murder, brutalize, harass, and imprison Black people. It will take more than an uprising to stop this. We need a revolution.

Rest in power #MikeBrown! Long live the Ferguson uprising!

6 years ago today, during a #PeoplesMonday protest for #JeromeMurdough, I was arrested for "disorderly conduct" by NYPD while literally walking on the sidewalk. IIRC, cops claimed it was b/c I walked in the street earlier that night. I was 1 of 2 journalists arrested that night.

NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran killed Eric Duprey! Demand justice for #EricDuprey! Tomorrow (Friday, September 1) in the Bronx at 6pm!

Our historic settlement means the NYPD can no longer arbitrarily flood protests with cops—new protocols keep cops out of most protest, and require a proportional response. The NYPD also won't easily involve its notoriously brutal Strategic Response Group (SRG).

The Cop City RICO indictments allege the date when George Floyd was murdered by the police as the start of the "racketeering enterprise." Let that sink in. The day a movement to abolish the police took on new life is the day for them a criminal enterprise was born.

Around 20 counter-demonstrators are about to walk past where anti-migrant ralliers, and lots of NYPD, are near a migrant refuge center on Staten Island. Chanting, "Refugees are here to stay, welcome them in every way!" and "No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here!"

An investigation discovered that Fulton County Sherriff Pat Labat has paid three companies owned by his wife $83,586 from campaign money. So he has time for graft but has no time to stop people from dying in his jail. 10 this year fox5atlanta.com/news/fulton-sh…

NYC paid out more than $50 million to settle NYPD misconduct claims in the first 7 months of this year, with the median amount already higher than the last 5 years. NYC spent more than $135 million on NYPD misconduct payouts last year. gothamist.com/news/nyc-has-p…

Check out the Atlanta Police Foundation updated private donations list for Cop City. In particular, the Cox Foundation, owners of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, has given 10 million. Who owns the city, the police and the police foundations - corporate america does.

The polling is clear. By sizable margins. 🧑‍🏭New Yorkers want work permits for our newest neighbors. 👨‍⚖️They believe we need comprehensive immigration reform in DC! 🏘️New Yorkers know that immigrants make our communities stronger, not more dangerous. scri.siena.edu/2023/09/12/maj…

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Plainclothes NYPD cops (including so-called Community Affairs cop Eugene O. Adeleye, who made at least $113,000 last year repressing protests) were spying on yesterday’s Emma Goldman Film Festival in Tompkins Square Park.