“A court that probably would have supported Dred Scott, is gonna consider the protections under our 8th Amendment

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STATEMENT: SCOTUS takes up Johnson v. Grants Pass, the most significant case about homelessness in 40+ years

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (January 12th, 2024)Today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that they would hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass. This sets the stage for the most significant Supreme Court case about the rights of homeless people in decades. At its core, this case will decide whether cities are allowed [...]

Denver, CO. Final Vote on No Freezing Sweeps is Monday Jan 29th!

After being postponed 2 weeks, now our real final vote on the No Freezing Sweeps Bill is this Monday, January 29th! Rally at 2:45pm Out Front of City HallHearing at 3:30pm inside City Hall (1437 Bannock St) 4th floor At the first reading of the No Freezing Sweeps Bill the vote was 9-4 in support!!

Denver, CO. City shuts down migrant camp in freezing temperatures

On January 19, park rangers and EHS crew members showed up to shut down a critical camp that was providing refuge to nearly a dozen migrants with more expected to join in the next few days (what with migrant hotel shelters resuming their shelter time limits for both individuals and families with children).

Video shows homeless person scrambling as nonprofit worker sprays L.A. sidewalk with water hose

"There's no legitimate reason to do that to any individual," an official with the L.A. City Controller's Office said after footage of the incident in the city's Skid Row neighborhood surfaced.

Los Angeles, CA. Let’s talk about it. Share it. And make Los Angeles a place for all Angelenos.

On January 12th Mayor Bass and the CAO are scheduled to address the Los Angeles City Council. The topic: Inside Safe. As you can imagine there will be a lot of fanfare and fluff with very little fact. This installation of “Just Facts” will pose the questions and answers that you need to hear to understand the direction Los Angeles is headed in solving the crisis.

#InsideSafe #MayorBass

Portland, OR. Sisters of the Road UPDATE

A new report released by @ctrlaltdefund reveals the names of the top police officers in Portland who used force against the public between 2017 and now.

The data found that the average officer used force 2.775 times, with the top users of force all well above that average. Some of the officers have been publicly recognized for attacks while others avoid scrutiny. The officer in the number 2 slot has been among the top users of force since 2017.

PPB calls this force necessary, but all violence is violence. The purposeful obfuscation by the PPB of what constitutes as violence serves to protect only the police, and not the people. Read the full report and view the dashboard at the link in our bio.

Join us on Jan 26: Palestine vs. Biden

Palestinians in Gaza and here in the U.S., together with our partners at the Center for Constitutional Rights, filed a lawsuit in November seeking an emergency court order to halt U.S. support for Israel's genocide. On January 26, our case will be heard.

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