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ColorDecourage retweeted
HB 1323 is a bipartisan bill that would make protesting on Washington State highways a class C Felony.
Because mass protest will be a crucial tool of resistance to both federal fascism and local austerity measures, we must make sure it doesn’t pass.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?B…
This is Seattle; three SPD vehicles blocking bus lanes to bark orders at a person to stay out of the street.
There is nothing helpful that the police can say. The person in the street needs basics needs: food, housing, and health care.
ColorDecourage retweeted
Do you think jailing people is free?
King County courts, jails, and prosecutors cumulatively cost $634m annually to lock up fewer than 2,000 ppl
Plus, another $92m for Seattle courts + prosecutors
Plus $465m for SPD
Plus $285m for KCSO
That's nearly $1.5 billion
ColorDecourage retweeted
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
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ALT Handwritten note. Prompt at the top asks: What is something that was important to you that was taken in a sweep? How did it impact you? Answer below: They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries That was in my Duffel Bag. They also took my leather motorcycle vest worth 300$+ and my whole tent setup.
ColorDecourage retweeted
“Progressive” state with the second-most regressive tax system, after Florida.
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A couple weeks ago when it was about 35°, I stopped along 12th & Jackson, because I saw SPD; 3 SPD vehicles were surrounding a pressure washing truck. All of the folks who are normally there had to move; the timing and the temperature made the act even more brutal.
ALT Night view of 12th and Jackson facing west. An SPD vehicle is in view.
Jails do not provide restoration of harm; it is just an extremely costly and dehumanizing experience. WA spends $63,000+ per incarcerated person per year, whereas we only spend $18,000 per student. If we provide people with resources they need, it will actually save money.
ColorDecourage retweeted
Idk why I'm shocked by this but I'm just finding out that Seattle is sweeping 20+ vehicles on Thanksgiving, when there are no services bc most ppl have the day off. Your hard earned tax dollars at work.
The cruelty is the point.
Moore is completely gaslighting so many people's lived experience. Seattle conducted over 2,800 sweeps in 2023. Don't tell us that sweeps aren't happening!
ColorDecourage retweeted
#OnThisDay in 1899, Seattle unveiled a totem pole in Pioneer Square. It had been stolen from a Tlingit village. historylink.org/File/2076
ColorDecourage retweeted
Israeli forces shot him in broad daylight while wearing a press vest.
You target journalists when you don’t want witnesses to your crimes.
Well, the city just gave SPD $170 million, so perhaps that is to account for the $200 million budget shortfall... along with the lack of progressive revenue.
ColorDecourage retweeted
You’ll be shocked to learn that the “miracle cure” for homelessness is housing and services.
ALT Manchester turns to Finland’s ‘miracle cure’ for homelessness Housing First offers homes to the homeless with no strings attached and gives them intensive, wrap-around support to help get them back on their feet.
ColorDecourage retweeted
Stickers seen around NYC in the days after cops opened fire in the NYC subway, shooting a fellow officer, two bystanders, and an alleged "fair evader" they were attempting to apprehend.
ColorDecourage retweeted
NEW: Records obtained by Real Change show how the City of Seattle spent $89,000 to demolish the Black Lives Memorial Garden last December.
@GuyOron reports.
realchangenews.org/news/2024…
