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Catch up with what happened at the Des Moines City Council last night. The City moved forward on 2 historic resolutions to for a ban on racial profiling. Power and love to our members who have pushed on our political establishment for 2 years to make this happen. #StopTheStops
THREAD: We’re at standing room only Des Moines City Council meeting because a pair of resolutions dealing with racial profiling are on the agenda. We’ve been working on a racial profiling ban for two years. Racially biased policing happens in DSM and it’s time to #StopTheStops.
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NEW: The latest polling from @CitiesSafer and @DataProgress show that most people, across political and racial spectrums, want to see reductions in the role of police during traffic stops: https://t.co/1EumNvisDU
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This is a very important oversight measure to keep an eye on. It would look into any racist content on the social media accounts of the very officers who pull over and search our residents. #StopTheStops
https://t.co/mx9FbK6XEi
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George Floyd, who had been pulled from a car, is one example of too many. #StoptheStops
https://t.co/u7YhRZ1Cdj
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LAPD has no reason to be involved in traffic enforcement. The cops reinforce anti-Black policing by targeting Black folks on the road Black Angelenos are 5x more likely to be stopped & nearly 9x more likely to be arrested for traffic violations #DefundThePolice #StopTheStops
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More progress on traffic stops, but in Michigan.... Many cities/states are thoroughly outpacing LA. When will @LACityCouncil act with URGENCY? Those harmed by the @LAPDHQ each day don't have time to wait. #StopTheStops
https://t.co/QFzvLTM6xW
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BLMLA: Urgent call to action! Our effort to remove police from traffic stops is moving in LA City Council as a pilot project TODAY AT 10AM. If you can get there, please join. If you can’t make it in person, please call in. See details. #StopTheStops
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This literally will save lives, yet progress here in LA is slow going compared to Minneapolis, Portland, Berkeley, Virginia and others. Unarmed @LADOTofficial should be handling the stops. #southcentral #southla #StopTheStops
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‼️CALL TO ACTION‼️ Send an email right now to the LA police commission demanding an end to racist pretextual stops. Pretextual stops have resulted in the continued oppression and murder of Black and Brown people. Use the online toolkit✊🏾 #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/Ny1zn5E1gl
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"Police Officers Shouldn’t Be the Ones to Enforce Traffic Laws" Unarmed monitors and automated tech could do the job safely and efficiently. #DuanteWright #StopTheStops
https://t.co/8QN2vgLTwW
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One reason LAPD’s pretextual stops of Black & Brown drivers cause serious harm is that @LACityAttorney and @LADAOffice charge minor traffic violations as crimes. We see this in court every day. #StoptheStops (1/4)
The stops aren't just a Metro problem, though. They're an LAPD wide problem. @PUSHinLA is still calling for the end of pretextual stops, in which officers pull over a driver for a minor violation and use it as a racist fishing expedition to look for more serious wrongdoing.
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Sequarier McCoy speaks about the fear that parents in her community live with as they raise children who could be subjected to LAPD pretext stops. Check out Catalyst California's research showing how biased pretext stops still are: https://t.co/zcygkFPTJq. Time to #StoptheStops.
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URGENT! ALL OUT TO LA CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY MORNING (8/1) 10AM… LA City Council is back from recess and is taking up a pilot project for non-police response to traffic stops. LET’S MAKE SURE IT PASSES! In the name of #KeenanAnderson, #KeithBursey, #EzellFord… #StopTheStops
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At a joint city council hearing 3/6, Brian Jointer told how an LAPD pretext traffic stop wrecked a birthday outing with his 2 sons. Council members approved a motion to reduce these LAPD stops. Check out how pretext stops affect communities of color: https://t.co/zcygkFPTJq
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Education workers are proud to join with PUSH LA Coalition to end #LAPD racial profiling of Black and Brown communities. Together we can #StoptheStops @CoCoSouthLA @CHIRLA @BLMLA @SEIU2015 @ACLU_SoCal
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//this ^ under color of law, "qualified" with false claims know immunity © 2020 https://t.co/VllTm3BpPj
#AllRightsReserved
#StopTheStops
#WeKnowYouKnow
#LockTHEMup
https://t.co/cpnZjyIKEr
What is happening across America represents the end of a reign of terror— the end of an era of racialized control loosely veiled as “law & order”.
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For decades, Black and Brown Angelenos have had to endure pretextual stops and the dehumanizing trauma that arises. Despite being 8.6% of the population, Black residents account for 27% of LAPD traffic stops. #RACECOUNTS #StopTheStops
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The City of LA should immediately ban pretextual stops from being used by the LAPD to racially profile, traumatize, and harass people of color. Read our new #RACECOUNTS report for the full list of recommendations to reimagine policing. #StopTheStops
https://t.co/XjKya33f37
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It's become very clear in the campaign to remove armed cops from traffic stops that the #LAPD plays a significant revenue-generating role for the City and meets quotas with excessive ticketing at stops in low-income communities of color. #StopTheStops
Curious to know how much the City of LA has collected in FINES? In 2020, the City of LA collected $127M in fines! 💰 Take a look below, have you been fined any of these types of fines in the last 5 years? If you have been fined, you are helping fund the city's budget! 🥳
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