Thank you for the overwhelming support from the chapter in voting to endorse Detroit DSA member, Landis Spencer, for the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners. Landis is running because the current board is not fulfilling its responsibilities as a civilian oversight body. Over the course of this summer, we have seen DPD brutalize peaceful protestors and legal observers with tear gas and rubber bullets; we have seen the expansion of surveillance technology, such as facial recognition, which misidentifies Black faces 95% of the time; and we have witnessed a police chief who would rather align with Trump and his fascistic policies than those fearlessly standing up for Black lives.

Despite this, the board has done nothing to address these issues. The board has not brought up a vote to ban facial recognition or investigated the brutalization of protestors, nor have they questioned DPDs excessive police budget—which hasn't been touched during the pandemic while other departments have laid off staff and cut budgets. The board is acting as an extension of DPD and is not fulfilling its original purpose. It's time to return the board to its original goal, which is to be a body of civilian oversight. We are honored to have a Detroit DSA member in this fight, and we're excited to let you know that the campaign has launched his campaign website. 
Take a look at Landis' vision for the Detroit BOPC here:

Landis4bopc.com

A grassroots campaign like this is only successful with the help of volunteers! Whether it's canvassing, calling, or putting on an event, we need all the help we can get. Please sign-up here to volunteer for the DSA for Landis campaign if you'd like to get involved: