Collective liberation is a long, hard-fought, ongoing dream that we’re now starting to realize, thanks to the sea of voices and righteous anger of thousands of people, from Oakland and beyond, that is washing over our entrenched institutions and saying “enough is enough, defund, reallocate, reimagine and dream.”
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Take action by telling the Police Commission to #DefundOPD!
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We see a lot of people posting about the statement/plan released by the LA, San Jose and San Francisco Police Associations (they are NOT unions). Here are our thoughts.
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Take action TONIGHT by telling Libby and the Police Commission to #DefundOPD!
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The Alameda County Sheriff’s Department (ACSD) announced the 8pm-5am curfew has been lifted. Make no mistake—they didn’t end the curfew because it was ‘mission accomplished’ as Sheriff Ahern claims. They ended it because of a growing social movement against normalizing violent crackdowns of civil unrest; they knew the more they tried to silence us, the louder we’d be.
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OPD claims the #SitInForOurYouth was not violently policed because the people remained peaceful. We reject that assessment outright.
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Safety tips for attending an action
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There have been a lot of questions, misunderstandings, and, quite frankly, blatant mischaracterizations from the media, allies, and those looking for the opportunity to establish lanes of attack regarding both our communique and what it means for us to "not endorse" an action while at the same time offering bail support.
We want to take this opportunity to clarify our position.
The Anti Police-Terror Project condemns the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police on May 25, 2020 and the murder of Breonna Taylor on March 13, 2020 by the Louisville Police, as well as the murder of Steven Taylor on April 18, 2020 by the San Leandro Police, and the murder of thousands of other Black and Brown victims of police murder across the U.S., including seven deaths in the Bay Area in the past two months.
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The Anti Police-Terror Project, led by impacted communities, will be holding actions this weekend that include mutual aid for Black and Brown people tomorrow night, a virtual vigil on Saturday afternoon, and a car caravan for #GeorgeFloyd and #BreonnaTaylor on Sunday at 2:00 pm. Please check the APTP FB page for details.
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Last Saturday, Anti Police-Terror Project’s Ride for Justice for Steven Taylor drew hundreds. Steven Taylor, a 33-year-old Black father of three, was shot to death by a San Leandro police officer as he struggled with a mental health crisis in a local Walmart. Check out this incredible video produced by Community Ready Corps (CRC) of Saturday’s Caravan.
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