John,
We are just 4 days away from a huge District Attorney election in Philadelphia, and honestly, I’m nervous.
We’re fighting to re-elect Larry Krasner, who in the last 4 years has proven he will fight to end mass incarceration of Black and brown people, hold violent police accountable, and free wrongfully convicted people.
But his opponent is going all out to smear him and take away his votes, alongside the Fraternal Order of Police.
John, these 4 days are our final chance to make sure Larry Krasner can keep transforming Philly’s criminal justice system for Philly's Black and brown communities.
We need to call, text, and canvass THOUSANDS of voters, and to do that we need your support.
Larry Krasner’s opponent is supported by the Fraternal Order of Police and the Protect Our Police PAC, and they are going all out. They have literally told their members to switch from Republican to Democrat, just so they can vote against Krasner in the primary.1 They are running TV attack ads against Larry Krasner, and they even pulled a cheap stunt giving out ice cream outside of his office.2
We cannot afford to let a candidate backed by the FOP win-- Philadelphia's Fraternal Order of Police has called Black Lives Matter protestors “rabid animals”.3 They have sued the city to stop them from compiling a list of corrupt cops. And they oppose ALL efforts to end mass incarceration of Black and brown people.4
If we re-elect Larry Krasner, we can not only keep up our momentum towards real justice in Philly, but across the country. District Attorneys like Krasner are a model for others to follow, a model that proves we do not need this racist, violent justice system to keep us safe.
It’s time for Philly voters, not Philly police, to decide the future of their city. Thank you for reading, and for supporting work that will help us create the justice Black people deserve across this country.
Until justice is real,
Jenni, Drew, Charles, Shannon, Corina, Salaah, Astin, Jamie, Cristel, Alex, Morgan, Ishmael, Scotty and the Color Of Change PAC team
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