A student-led campaign to end police violence and reform the racist criminal justice system. Instagram: @mocoagainstbrutality
Montgomery County, MD
Joined July 2020
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Last week, Kwamena Ocran was killed by police in Montgomery County. None of the four plainclothes officers that chased Ocran were wearing body cameras. Police claim that Ocran displayed a handgun before they opened fire. This alone is no reason to shoot. #DefundThePolice
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ICYMI: A daily reminder that we will only win if we organize for it. Schools districts don't want #PoliceFreeSchools so they do everything to sabotage it.
We won't have it. @BlackOrgProject @mcabrutality @TenantsWorkers @UYC_YouthPower @movimientopoder
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We call on you to:
1 - Withdraw 49-21
2 - Hold a public hearing *before* drafting a PAB bill
3 - Introduce a new bill w/ community input!
@hansriemer
@willjawando
@EvanMGlass
@albornoz_gabe
@Andrew_Friedson
@RicePolitics
@MC_Council_Katz
@nancy_navarro
@CmHucker
@MontCoExec
The lack of transparency on @MontCoExec’s Policing Advisory Board Bill (49-21) is appalling. You DID have time to consult the community! You chose to ignore a letter sent on October 28 asking for public input and instead chose to consult MCPD instead of your constituents.
Read the full press release here!!
drive.google.com/file/d/1WTI…
The community has been cut out of the conversation for too long. @Marc_Elrich the community demands to have a voice in police discipline. Withdraw your bill if you value the voice of your constituents.
In 2021, MD passed a law to ensure jurisdictions give community a voice in police discipline. Instead, @Marc_Elrich introduced a bill to keep police in charge of discipline & seems intent on shutting down the community’s role #CommunityControl Photo credit flickr.com/photos/stephenmel…
@hansriemer @willjawando @EvanMGlass @albornoz_gabe @Andrew_Friedson @RicePolitics @MC_Council_Katz @nancy_navarro @CmHucker @MontCoExec Listen to your constituents and get public input on matters that concern them (aka bill 49-21). This is the bare minimum.
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Why are we giving MCPD 283 MILLION DOLLARS in
@MoCoCouncilMD and @MontCoExec's 2022 budget (a 1.6 million dollar increase from last year) to allow @mcpnews to kill people without even a semblance of transparency??? #releasethebodycam #defundthepolice
ICYMI: The Montgomery County Police Dept. says a 21-year-old man was shot during an officer-involved shooting at a McDonald's Drive-thru in Gaithersburg Friday night: bit.ly/3z9qUKP
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We are calling for the complete elimination of police presence on school campuses, meaning police should not be stationed inside, outside, or immediately around any MCPS school.
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We are calling for the hiring of mental health personnel that can provide accessible therapeutic services to MCPS students including licensed clinical social workers, school psychologists, and school counselors.
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We are calling for the current school discipline system to be replaced with a thorough restorative justice model in an effort to transform school culture and address the role of school discipline in perpetuating the school to prison pipeline.
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Thank you so much for having me! It’s time to invest in our students, not arrest them.
"It's important to...prioritize the safety of all students, not just certain ones." @kysontaylor1 talks to @KendisGibson and @CoriCoffin about the need to change police presence in schools.
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JUFJ's FY22 Budget Priorities shared by @devstavisky:
➡️Licensed Clinical Social Workers in High Schools
➡️Emergency Rental Assistance
➡️Mental Health Crisis Response Teams
➡️Automated Traffic Enforcement
➡️No New Funding for MCPD (including for training and data collection)
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We’re watching tonight's @MoCoCouncilMD budget hearing with the MC Defund/Invest Coalition, demanding a just budget that values community support over criminalization. #BudgetVoices2022 #MoCo #JustRecovery
As amended, SB 178 will make it mandatory to refuse requests for records where officers cause the worst kinds of injury. Please fix this! A Government of the people, by the people, and for the people must be open to the people.
@SpeakerAJones @LukeClippinger @VAtterbeary
MoCo Against Brutality is having its first project launch on Saturday, March 20th from 11 AM to 12:30 PM! If you are interested in getting involved with MCAB’s projects and efforts to reform the racist criminal justice system, fill out the sign up form: bit.ly/MCABprojectlaunch
Wise words from @julia8angel8 one of our lead organizers: "The fundamental problem here is not a lack of student trust in police. The problem is that black students, disabled students, lgbtq students, and students of color are criminalized and arrested at disproportionate rates"
An overwhelming number of students have testified against Bill 7-21 which would bolster the SRO program. MoCo Against Brutality calls on @RicePolitics and @MC_Council_Katz to join students in their calls to end the SRO program! Let's invest in our students, not arrest them!
We thank @willjawando and @hansriemer for introducing Bill 46-20 to remove SROs, @tomhucker for sponsoring the bill, and @EvanMGlass for supporting!!
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The Board of Education is extending the period to submit testimony on the SRO program. Send your written or 3-min video/audio testimony to [email protected] by 5 p.m. on March 25.