There must be a better way than this. You cannot in good faith reimburse the PPD to the tune of $7M for the events of the summer. Put this money toward actual community development. Put your support behind programs that will enrich lives instead of ending them. The PPD has already killed 3 people in 2021. Enough was enough a long time ago. Do not continue to reward this behavior. Vote no. #DefundPhxPD
Phoenix police get the overwhelming majority of the city budget and in return the community is brutalized by their anti-Black white supremacist violence. You’ve given them our tax money, you’ve given them our CARES Act money that should have gone to the community, and now you want a reimbursement for their violence? This is a disgrace. Your continued support of the most violent cops in the nation says a lot about who you all are. Refuse this blood money and #DefundPhxPD!
Phx PD is quite capable of continuing to murder with their existing $745 million. How about you give 7 million to help with legal fees for non-violent protestors facing political prosecution? Or 7 million could help end evictions, or provide housing and healthcare? Instead you reinforce false narratives about protestors against police brutality being “rioters” and “terrorists.” The only terror here is you, MCAO and Phx PD colluding in this white supremacist nonsense. No money to Phx PD. Vote NO.
Phx Police treat peaceful protests as dangerous riots and are now asking for reimbursement for the cost of their unnecessarily violent, retaliatory responses. Phx Police must be held accountable for their actions and not rewarded for their dangerous anti-Black practices. Vote NO to funding violent, incompetent responses to peaceful protests.
When Calvin C. Goode’s memorial was zoom-bombed last week by violent white supremacists, Mayor Kate said “This does not represent who we are as a city or as a country.” If you truly believed this “isn’t who we are,” you wouldn’t be considering giving $7 million to the most violent and racist police department in the country. This is EXACTLY who Phx City Council is--white supremacists supporting the violent arm of the state, Phx PD. Do better. Vote NO.
Evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that Phx PD is not only violent, but utterly ineffective. In 2018, 90% of rapes went unsolved. From 2008 to 2018, 1/3 of homicides went unsolved. No other profession could continue to operate so poorly, harm, and murder, and continue to be funded. So why are you considering the ludicrous idea that they need 7 million dollars to pay for their violence and incompetence? You must Vote NO. #DefundPhxPD
I don't think you need to double-down on the justifying the violence enacted by police on BLM activists and protesters by throwing money at it. The show of force was excessive. Please invest this whopping $7 million back into non-violent community organizations that support BIPOC, where it can actually have an impact.
City Council calls white supremacists who broke into the County Recorder’s office “protestors” yet when Black folks take to the streets to exclaim Black lives matter, Council labels them “rioters.” White extremists bring a guillotine to the State Capitol to intimidate Democratic officials, yet you think property damage justifies targeting and imprisoning Black and brown community members. Stop pretending this is about “law and order” when this is really about your racist beliefs. #DefundPhxPD
17 days in & Phx Police have killed 3 people already! Council, you support one of the nation's most violent police forces. I understand you must fear for your lives if you denounce them, because surely, they will threaten to kill you just like they did the Mayor. If cops promise to shoot the Mayor for speaking about defunding imagine how they treat Black protesters! Find the courage to say PPD is an anti-Black killing machine. Save lives and be on the right side of history. Vote NO. Defund PPD
The city of Phoenix is voting on whether to grant nearly 7 million additional dollars to the Phoenix police department (one of the most violent and deadly in the nation) in response to the summer uprisings. This is totally backwards. The uprising was to denounce the murderous anti-Black military police state as it exists in America. The next step should not include handing over more funds to police for any purpose. We must not continue to coddle the PPD. Defund. Dismantle. Invest in community.
There must be a better way than this. You cannot in good faith reimburse the PPD to the tune of $7M for the events of the summer. Put this money toward actual community development. Put your support behind programs that will enrich lives instead of ending them. The PPD has already killed 3 people in 2021. Enough was enough a long time ago. Do not continue to reward this behavior. Vote no. #DefundPhxPD
Phoenix police get the overwhelming majority of the city budget and in return the community is brutalized by their anti-Black white supremacist violence. You’ve given them our tax money, you’ve given them our CARES Act money that should have gone to the community, and now you want a reimbursement for their violence? This is a disgrace. Your continued support of the most violent cops in the nation says a lot about who you all are. Refuse this blood money and #DefundPhxPD!
Phx PD is quite capable of continuing to murder with their existing $745 million. How about you give 7 million to help with legal fees for non-violent protestors facing political prosecution? Or 7 million could help end evictions, or provide housing and healthcare? Instead you reinforce false narratives about protestors against police brutality being “rioters” and “terrorists.” The only terror here is you, MCAO and Phx PD colluding in this white supremacist nonsense. No money to Phx PD. Vote NO.
Phx Police treat peaceful protests as dangerous riots and are now asking for reimbursement for the cost of their unnecessarily violent, retaliatory responses. Phx Police must be held accountable for their actions and not rewarded for their dangerous anti-Black practices. Vote NO to funding violent, incompetent responses to peaceful protests.
When Calvin C. Goode’s memorial was zoom-bombed last week by violent white supremacists, Mayor Kate said “This does not represent who we are as a city or as a country.” If you truly believed this “isn’t who we are,” you wouldn’t be considering giving $7 million to the most violent and racist police department in the country. This is EXACTLY who Phx City Council is--white supremacists supporting the violent arm of the state, Phx PD. Do better. Vote NO.
Evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that Phx PD is not only violent, but utterly ineffective. In 2018, 90% of rapes went unsolved. From 2008 to 2018, 1/3 of homicides went unsolved. No other profession could continue to operate so poorly, harm, and murder, and continue to be funded. So why are you considering the ludicrous idea that they need 7 million dollars to pay for their violence and incompetence? You must Vote NO. #DefundPhxPD
I don't think you need to double-down on the justifying the violence enacted by police on BLM activists and protesters by throwing money at it. The show of force was excessive. Please invest this whopping $7 million back into non-violent community organizations that support BIPOC, where it can actually have an impact.
City Council calls white supremacists who broke into the County Recorder’s office “protestors” yet when Black folks take to the streets to exclaim Black lives matter, Council labels them “rioters.” White extremists bring a guillotine to the State Capitol to intimidate Democratic officials, yet you think property damage justifies targeting and imprisoning Black and brown community members. Stop pretending this is about “law and order” when this is really about your racist beliefs. #DefundPhxPD
17 days in & Phx Police have killed 3 people already! Council, you support one of the nation's most violent police forces. I understand you must fear for your lives if you denounce them, because surely, they will threaten to kill you just like they did the Mayor. If cops promise to shoot the Mayor for speaking about defunding imagine how they treat Black protesters! Find the courage to say PPD is an anti-Black killing machine. Save lives and be on the right side of history. Vote NO. Defund PPD
The city of Phoenix is voting on whether to grant nearly 7 million additional dollars to the Phoenix police department (one of the most violent and deadly in the nation) in response to the summer uprisings. This is totally backwards. The uprising was to denounce the murderous anti-Black military police state as it exists in America. The next step should not include handing over more funds to police for any purpose. We must not continue to coddle the PPD. Defund. Dismantle. Invest in community.