[1]Women's March
John,
Today, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. This is
our criminal “justice” system at work. But it isn’t justice.
Justice would be George Floyd still here with his family. Justice would be
a country where no Black people, or any people, die at the hands of the
police — period.
That justice is out of reach without systemic change. Rooting out bad
apples, even putting them in jail for murder, isn’t enough. Because the
truth is this: cops like Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd and too
many people before and after him, aren’t an aberration. They’re a
manifestation of a system functioning exactly as it was designed to.
Police have killed at least three people — every single day — since this
trial began. More than half of those killed were Black or Latinx. No
band-aid measures will bring them back; neither will hollow calls for
reform. Policing in America is a system that is rotten and racist to its
core. And it’s a system that must be dismantled and defunded.
In its place, dollars must be reinvested and duties reassigned to the
people and things that actually keep our communities safe.
* We must fund housing, mental health services, good jobs, and food
assistance.
* We must replace the metal detectors and armed officers in our schools
with nurses and social workers.
* We must create alternative emergency services that protect all of us
from harm.
That’s why tonight we want to amplify the national call by the Movement
for Black Lives to defund the police and to invest in our communities
instead.
[ [link removed] ]If you want to join the fight for this kind of future, will you sign
our pledge and join the movement to defund the police? After you add your
name, we’ll reach out to you about different ways you can get involved in
our work to defund the police.
Defund the Police →
We’ll be in touch soon about other actions and organizing work Women’s
March is doing to support the call to defund the police. In the meantime,
we want to share our [ [link removed] ]Defund the Police Portal with an organizing
toolkit, downloadable graphics, protest posters, and other tools for you
to get started doing work in your own community to defund the police.
We won’t let up.
Women’s March Team
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