Phx PD and the MCAO are unconstitutionally silencing political dissidents byweaponizing arrests and prosecutions of those who speak out against police violence and the white supremecist state. Targeting peaceful protestors is a illegal, terrifying and a total waste of tax payer dollars. These arrests are downright undemocratic. Drop the charges immediately for every protest case.
Phoenix PD and MCAO have a history of silencing political dissidents. They specifically target Black and Brown organizers who choose to speak up and demand justice. If you have our best interest in mind, why have my friends been violently arrested and given felonies for pointing out how the city and state have failed us? We don't need an update on protests, we need you to stop these political persecutions. Do your job. Condemn PHXPD and make MCAO #DropTheCharges for every protest case.
This persecution of protestors must end. Protesting for the safety and well being of families and communities is no crime at all. We all saw what a violent and criminal “protest” looks like on January 6th. We saw peaceful demonstrations in 2020 met with brutal force. The disparity in action and punishment is as clear as day, and it’s evil. This targeting of activists in AZ is dangerous, a waste of taxpayer dollars, and downright criminal. We demand that you drop the charges immediately.
This would be called "political targeting and prosecution of those protesting against police violence". It is a blatant attempt to weaponize the criminal legal system in order to intimidate and silence activists speaking out against white supremacist systems; especially those operating within the criminal justice system, policing and government structures such as city council. We don't need a "protest update". We need to denounce MCAO and Phoenix PD and drop all charges against protestors.
Protesting and organizing on behalf of families who are actively working to create healthier and safer communities is not a crime.
Stalking and arresting those who speak up only perpetuates violence and harm.
Families need access to social workers, health care, green spaces, complete streets, fresh food, clean water, and affordable housing- not a militarized police department.
Limiting freedom of speech sets a dangerous precedent. Our ambitions for a healthier and safer future will not go away.
On Jan 6th white supremacists in DC were escorted out of the Capitol by equally racist police and allowed to go home. Compare that to Phx protesters exercising their first amendment right to assemble against the oppressive and relentless violence of Phx Police. PPD arrested hundreds! Now, 3 children and a dozen people, who now face felony street gang charges. They could be sentenced to YEARS in prison. There is no clearer evidence of how racist and anti-Black the whole system is. #DroptheCharge
We don’t need a ‘protest update.’ The protests aren’t the problem! PPD and MCAO colluding to imprison protesters is the problem! Council members do your job and condemn PPD for attacking, arresting and killing Black folx! And then demand MCAO drop all of these inflated felony charges against Black Lives Matter protesters. #DroptheCharges
All across the country people are waking up to the reality that white supremacy and anti-blackness are the foundation of policing. What steps have any of you council members taken to show that Black Lives Matter to the City of Phoenix? You can either condemn the political prosecution of Black organizers and leaders and demand that charges be dropped or live with being remembered as the political puppets of white supremacists. Council members, blood is on your hands. #DroptheCharges
Phoenix Police Department (PPD) and Maricopa County Community Office (MCAO) are totally corrupt. PPD is invested in silencing community voices calling to defund their violent agency and MCAO is colluding. We see this exemplified in inflated arrests of protesters and the countless cases where judges have refused to charge people based on police reports lacking probable cause. Then, MCAO brings the same charges to grand juries for indictment! Council, denounce PPD and demand MCAO #DroptheCharges
Mayor & City Council actively support Phoenix Police in using violent tactics and militarized weapons to silence Black organizers. Police ONLY attack Black led protests. The community was exercising their first amendment right to assemble against police murders, PPD attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets and made over 300 arrests. Your job is to serve the people, instead you are complicit in harming, caging, and killing Black and brown people. Denounce PPD and demand MCAO #DroptheCharges
We don’t need a ‘protest update.’ The protests aren’t the problem! PPD and MCAO colluding to imprison protesters is the problem! Council members do your job and stand in solidarity with the people you are meant to represent. Stop supporting one of the most violent police forces in the nation. Condemn PPD for attacking, arresting and killing Black folks! And then demand MCAO drop all of these inflated felony charges against Black Lives Matter protesters. #DroptheCharges
Drop the charges! We don’t need a ‘protest update.’ The protests aren’t the problem! PPD and MCAO colluding to imprison protesters is the problem! Council members do your job and stand in solidarity with the people you are meant to represent. Stop supporting one of the most violent police forces in the nation. Condemn PPD for attacking, arresting and killing Black folx! And then demand MCAO drop all of these inflated felony charges against Black Lives Matter protesters. #DroptheCharges
PPD has a long history of targeting and abusing people based on their political beliefs. They surveil and target Black and brown activists, hoping to silence them. Phoenix PD uses violent tactics to harm and oppress people who demand justice and an end to police brutality. Council members, you sit on the “Public Safety and Justice” sub committee, and yet you do NOTHING to defend Black lives from the most violent police force in the nation. Denounce PPD now and demand MCAO #DroptheCharges.
Drop the charges. Phoenix Police and MCAO work together to maintain a white supremacist agenda. They surveil communities to charge activists with false charges. These are disgusting intimidation tactics.
We all saw what little regard you had for the stories of Black and brown protesters who were brutalized and falsely charged by Phoenix PD during the last subcommittee meeting. It’s absolutely shameful that you aren’t listening to the public and demanding justice for those people! City Council must demand that law enforcement #EndPoliticalProsecutions and #DroptheCharges!
On Jan 6th white supremacists in DC were escorted out of the Capitol by equally racist police and allowed to go home. Compare that to Phx protesters exercising their first amendment right to assemble against the oppressive and relentless violence of Phx Police. PPD arrested hundreds! Now, 3 children and a dozen people, who now face felony street gang charges. They could be sentenced to YEARS in prison. There is no clearer evidence of how racist and anti-Black the whole system is. #DroptheCharges
After the events at the Capital it's clear that the police are working on two separate systems. While peaceful protestors are facing multiple felonies and years in jail seditionists are being let off easy. This is not justice and needs to change.
The violent Phoenix police arrested hundreds of people and kept them in close quarters all night with no masks, soap, sanitizer, or even water. That was all before they were transferred from a parking lot to the unsafe county jail. The city did it’s best to create a super spreader event and terrorized the community for charges that the city knew were false. None of this was necessary. You all have blood on your hands for defending white supremacy and harming the community. #DroptheChargesv
Phx PD and the MCAO are unconstitutionally silencing political dissidents byweaponizing arrests and prosecutions of those who speak out against police violence and the white supremecist state. Targeting peaceful protestors is a illegal, terrifying and a total waste of tax payer dollars. These arrests are downright undemocratic. Drop the charges immediately for every protest case.
Phoenix PD and MCAO have a history of silencing political dissidents. They specifically target Black and Brown organizers who choose to speak up and demand justice. If you have our best interest in mind, why have my friends been violently arrested and given felonies for pointing out how the city and state have failed us? We don't need an update on protests, we need you to stop these political persecutions. Do your job. Condemn PHXPD and make MCAO #DropTheCharges for every protest case.
This persecution of protestors must end. Protesting for the safety and well being of families and communities is no crime at all. We all saw what a violent and criminal “protest” looks like on January 6th. We saw peaceful demonstrations in 2020 met with brutal force. The disparity in action and punishment is as clear as day, and it’s evil. This targeting of activists in AZ is dangerous, a waste of taxpayer dollars, and downright criminal. We demand that you drop the charges immediately.
This would be called "political targeting and prosecution of those protesting against police violence". It is a blatant attempt to weaponize the criminal legal system in order to intimidate and silence activists speaking out against white supremacist systems; especially those operating within the criminal justice system, policing and government structures such as city council. We don't need a "protest update". We need to denounce MCAO and Phoenix PD and drop all charges against protestors.
Protesting and organizing on behalf of families who are actively working to create healthier and safer communities is not a crime.
Stalking and arresting those who speak up only perpetuates violence and harm.
Families need access to social workers, health care, green spaces, complete streets, fresh food, clean water, and affordable housing- not a militarized police department.
Limiting freedom of speech sets a dangerous precedent. Our ambitions for a healthier and safer future will not go away.
On Jan 6th white supremacists in DC were escorted out of the Capitol by equally racist police and allowed to go home. Compare that to Phx protesters exercising their first amendment right to assemble against the oppressive and relentless violence of Phx Police. PPD arrested hundreds! Now, 3 children and a dozen people, who now face felony street gang charges. They could be sentenced to YEARS in prison. There is no clearer evidence of how racist and anti-Black the whole system is. #DroptheCharge
We don’t need a ‘protest update.’ The protests aren’t the problem! PPD and MCAO colluding to imprison protesters is the problem! Council members do your job and condemn PPD for attacking, arresting and killing Black folx! And then demand MCAO drop all of these inflated felony charges against Black Lives Matter protesters. #DroptheCharges
Don’t suspend the right to free speech due to over criminalization. This sets a dangerous precedent.
All across the country people are waking up to the reality that white supremacy and anti-blackness are the foundation of policing. What steps have any of you council members taken to show that Black Lives Matter to the City of Phoenix? You can either condemn the political prosecution of Black organizers and leaders and demand that charges be dropped or live with being remembered as the political puppets of white supremacists. Council members, blood is on your hands. #DroptheCharges
Phoenix Police Department (PPD) and Maricopa County Community Office (MCAO) are totally corrupt. PPD is invested in silencing community voices calling to defund their violent agency and MCAO is colluding. We see this exemplified in inflated arrests of protesters and the countless cases where judges have refused to charge people based on police reports lacking probable cause. Then, MCAO brings the same charges to grand juries for indictment! Council, denounce PPD and demand MCAO #DroptheCharges
Mayor & City Council actively support Phoenix Police in using violent tactics and militarized weapons to silence Black organizers. Police ONLY attack Black led protests. The community was exercising their first amendment right to assemble against police murders, PPD attacked with tear gas and rubber bullets and made over 300 arrests. Your job is to serve the people, instead you are complicit in harming, caging, and killing Black and brown people. Denounce PPD and demand MCAO #DroptheCharges
We don’t need a ‘protest update.’ The protests aren’t the problem! PPD and MCAO colluding to imprison protesters is the problem! Council members do your job and stand in solidarity with the people you are meant to represent. Stop supporting one of the most violent police forces in the nation. Condemn PPD for attacking, arresting and killing Black folks! And then demand MCAO drop all of these inflated felony charges against Black Lives Matter protesters. #DroptheCharges
Drop the charges! We don’t need a ‘protest update.’ The protests aren’t the problem! PPD and MCAO colluding to imprison protesters is the problem! Council members do your job and stand in solidarity with the people you are meant to represent. Stop supporting one of the most violent police forces in the nation. Condemn PPD for attacking, arresting and killing Black folx! And then demand MCAO drop all of these inflated felony charges against Black Lives Matter protesters. #DroptheCharges
PPD has a long history of targeting and abusing people based on their political beliefs. They surveil and target Black and brown activists, hoping to silence them. Phoenix PD uses violent tactics to harm and oppress people who demand justice and an end to police brutality. Council members, you sit on the “Public Safety and Justice” sub committee, and yet you do NOTHING to defend Black lives from the most violent police force in the nation. Denounce PPD now and demand MCAO #DroptheCharges.
Drop the charges. Phoenix Police and MCAO work together to maintain a white supremacist agenda. They surveil communities to charge activists with false charges. These are disgusting intimidation tactics.
We all saw what little regard you had for the stories of Black and brown protesters who were brutalized and falsely charged by Phoenix PD during the last subcommittee meeting. It’s absolutely shameful that you aren’t listening to the public and demanding justice for those people! City Council must demand that law enforcement #EndPoliticalProsecutions and #DroptheCharges!
On Jan 6th white supremacists in DC were escorted out of the Capitol by equally racist police and allowed to go home. Compare that to Phx protesters exercising their first amendment right to assemble against the oppressive and relentless violence of Phx Police. PPD arrested hundreds! Now, 3 children and a dozen people, who now face felony street gang charges. They could be sentenced to YEARS in prison. There is no clearer evidence of how racist and anti-Black the whole system is. #DroptheCharges
After the events at the Capital it's clear that the police are working on two separate systems. While peaceful protestors are facing multiple felonies and years in jail seditionists are being let off easy. This is not justice and needs to change.
We cannot imprison people for years for protesting legitimate, blatant injustices
The violent Phoenix police arrested hundreds of people and kept them in close quarters all night with no masks, soap, sanitizer, or even water. That was all before they were transferred from a parking lot to the unsafe county jail. The city did it’s best to create a super spreader event and terrorized the community for charges that the city knew were false. None of this was necessary. You all have blood on your hands for defending white supremacy and harming the community. #DroptheChargesv