John, Trump has just chosen Washington, D.C. as the testing grounds for his plan to occupy our streets and train the military to act as his personal police force.

Now is not the time to sit back and watch what happens. We need to be angry, fired up, and we need to be ready to act and fight back. Rush a donation of $3 today to help Black Lives Matter call out and fight back against Trump’s racist bullshit.

Following his deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, Trump says he plans to deploy the National Guard in D.C. and take direct control of the city’s police department.

Both Los Angeles and D.C. are cities led by Black women mayors. Both are home to large Black and immigrant communities.

This is no accident. This is no coincidence. This is not random. And we knew this would happen and we called it out.

These cities are filled with communities of people who have endured generations of over-policing, mass incarceration, and state violence. Now, our neighborhoods are facing the threat of federal military occupation.

Trump and his far-right supporters do not actually care about crime in our cities. Violent crime is at a 30 year low in D.C. This is a thinly veiled attempt to fill our streets with MORE police and continue to blame the Black, Brown, and immigrant communities for non-existent spikes in crime.

History has shown us that when those in power turn the force of the state against its own people, especially Black people, immigrants, and the poor, it is a warning of what is to come for the entire nation. History and the struggle of our ancestors has also shown that resistance works when we organize, protect each other, and refuse to be silent.

We are fighting back with everything we have, but we cannot do it alone. We need you with us, John.

Your contribution today will help us:

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In moments like this, the choice is clear: either we fund the resistance, or we risk watching our freedoms erode in silence.

It's famously said that only in the darkness can you see the stars, John. That is this moment.

Give today to help us resist occupation in D.C., Los Angeles, and across the entire country and build a vision for Black freedom, a movement that helps Black people thrive, and a community that can repair us in this dark moment.

In resistance,

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