Jaylen Cavil
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Organizer. Abolitionist. Law Student. (he/him)
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Des Moines Precinct 80:
Bernie’s group had 101 people
Pete’s group had 66 people
Bernie & Pete end up tied at 4 delegates following a coin toss.
This is democracy??? 🤔
#IACaucus
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I’m physically okay. Just still shocked & trying to process the fact that the governor’s car intentionally hit me today.
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DMPD is not innocent, and the entire Des Moines City Council is complicit.
Officers are accused of racial profiling after stopping a car with two Black men inside for no apparent reason
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Iowa State Patrol just arrested a Black high school girl at the State Capitol because she asked for an officer’s badge number.
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The Des Moines Police Department: allies to the LGBTQ community.
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No masks or threats of tear gas in downtown DSM today. Just racists expressing their support for police brutality.
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TW: police violence
New video from the 2020 protests, recovered by
@JustVoicesIowa
, shows DMPD officers attack a resident who was walking on the sidewalk downtown.
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Let’s not forget that the reason me & my fellow
@DesMoinesBLM
activists were trying to speak to the governor today is because Kim still refuses to do any work on an EO to restore voting rights. Me getting hit by her car will not stop this movement. We demand justice.
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Hello to the DMPD officer in charge of watching my tweets, I hope you’re having a bad day.
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A side effect of the new Omarion variant is that you develop an ice box where your heart used to be.
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I’m excited to announce my candidacy for Iowa House of Representatives in District 36!!
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Did you know that under Iowa code 20.12 it’s illegal for public school teachers to go on strike, including a possible sentence of 6 months in jail? That’s immoral.
Iowa teachers deserve dignified wages, safe working conditions, & strong collective bargaining rights.
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DMPD & the Polk County Sheriff’s department just threatened to use chemical agents & arrest us because we were using sidewalk chalk. This is completely illegal.
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Reminder that even if Derek Chauvin is found guilty, that is not justice. Justice comes from the dismantling of policing in America and ensuring that cops can no longer execute Black people.
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We were literally organizing donations to send to Cedar Rapids when a group of DMPD officers stormed into our office and arrested Matt. They are fascists.
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As an Iowan, I stand in solidarity with Palestine.
Today I proclaimed May 13th, 2021 Peace in Israel Day. I encourage all Iowans to pray for peace and show our solidarity with the people of Israel during this difficult time for their nation.
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It’s a gorgeous day to sign the fucking executive order, Kim.
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Damn... Andrew Romanoff lost, Charles Booker lost, & I got hit by Kim Reynolds car. Today was ROUGH.
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Just disrupted the National Carbon Capture Conference in Des Moines. CO2 pipelines are not safe. They will destroy our environment and could kill Iowans. We don’t want them here!!
#NCCC22
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I hate this woman and I only wish the worst things for her.
It’s opening day at the
@IowaStateFair
! I will be out here every day for the next 11 days, celebrating the state we all call home!
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The starting salary for a Des Moines Police Officer is $80k a year, yet the starting salary for a Des Moines Public School Teacher is around $40k.
Teachers need a 4-year degree, cops just need a few months of training. Teachers actually help people, cops don’t.
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As one of the Black kids who was invited to this field trip, this facebook comment has me weak 😭
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It’s unacceptable that
@IAGovernor
had a press conference today & not a single reporter asked her a question about her progress on the executive order. 60,000 people not having the right to vote should be the story, not me getting hit by Kim’s car.
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My heart is with everyone in the East High School community. We have to do more for our young people.
One the three teens shot outside of East High School in Des Moines has died,
@JustinSurrency
reports.
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Protesting the nonexistent mask mandate.
A group of probably a couple hundred people is here at the Iowa Statehouse protesting mask requirements and emergency health orders.
#ialegis
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DMPD is now arresting people on charges from the first week of protests in May. These cops exist to intimidate and silence, not protect and serve.
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The Des Moines City Council just voted to purchase $100,000 worth of ammunition for DMPD without allowing public comment.
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If you see Kim Reynolds at the fair it’s your duty to cuss her out.
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Iowa Democratic Party
What’s something that ISN’T Republican but FEELS Republican to you?
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DMPD decided to play dress up & terrorize the entire metro area at 5am this morning.
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DMPD put someone in jail for failing to use a crosswalk. This is where our city’s resources are going during a pandemic???
Defund DMPD. They don’t deserve our money.
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The verdict just came back for my September 15th bench trial… I was found NOT GUILTY.
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We can’t have hip hop concerts in Des Moines because our elected officials say that music doesn’t represent “family values & traditions.” Blatant racism from Linda Westergaard & Tom Hockensmith.
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Kim Reynolds is racist and a terrible governor. LIKE and SHARE if you agree!
The Green New Deal would DESTROY Iowa’s economy and our way of life. LIKE and SHARE if you agree!
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DMPD has been unjustly charging innocent & nonviolent protesters with felonies. We’re all seeing how easy it is for any police officer in the state of Iowa to take away someone’s right to vote for the rest of their life.
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Cops saying “oops I meant to use my taser, not my gun” is BULLSHIT. Journalists who give any legitimacy to these excuses are harmful af.
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Not an endorsement of Shaun King, but this story needs more attention. This appears to be a lynching and it happened right here in Iowa, 40 minutes from Des Moines.
#JusticeForMichaelWilliams
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Iowa Democrats never stop finding ways to show how awful they are
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Spotted a drunken Paul Parizek in the wild. He took a White Claw to go. Hope he doesn’t have any more interviews tonight.
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They’re so scared of sidewalk chalk.
The current state of the first amendment in Des Moines.
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This shameful & discriminatory law will immediately go into effect now that Kim Reynolds has signed it. I really hope this is able to be blocked in the courts.
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs the transgender athlete ban into law. Transgender girls and women will no longer be allowed to play women’s sports in Iowa schools and colleges.
@IowaCapDispatch
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Public pools could be free but instead the city spends 40% of our budget on cops, including paying cops to just to stand around at the pools.
These kids and their chaperone came up a little short on $ to get in at a City pool. Our Sgt was able to catch up to them before they left and give them the boost they needed, plus a little extra for snacks! We’re ALL IN!
#dmpdalwaysserving
#copsandkids
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This you? The digital director for
@IowaGOP
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They told us we could never win on a defund the police platform.
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Amy Tursi, owner of Exile Brewing Company, apparently believes people living houseless should not be allowed to receive meals if they’re suspected of using drugs.
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Don’t support the Surety Hotel in Des Moines. Their owner & manager are speaking at the city council meeting right now demanding police crack down on “homeless, vagrants, & youth” who bother guests outside their downtown hotel on 6th Ave. They’re calling for more criminalization.
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Altoona police killed someone this morning.
BREAKING: Suspect in Officer involved shooting in Altoona has died. Police were called to the Morel 6 in Altoona for a suspicious person with a gun. Officers attempted to talk with suspect for about a half an hour. Exit 142 off of Interstate 80 is closed.
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DMPD addressed an order to appear in court to “Chase Foster, Homeless, Des Moines IA 50309.”
Then they fined and jailed Chase Foster for not appearing to a court date that he was never able to receive a notice of.
Stop criminalizing poverty!!
Opinion: Not even a pandemic can keep our city and our criminal-justice system from pointlessly jailing and fining a struggling homeless man, writes
@rekhabasu
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Des Moines East High School Principal Leslie Morris sent this text message today calling a Black employee the n-word & “fucking gang scum.”
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DMPS canceled their SRO contract with DMPD for this school year, & they’re on track to cancel it for next year too. The contract for next year projected the district pay $795,584 for cops in their schools.
Student organizers are defunding DMPD. Shoutout
@SellersLyric
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@endi_pa
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If DMPD is going back to throw riot charges on people they need to go ahead and arrest every one of their officers, because cops are the only people I’ve seen riot in this city.
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We are allowed to be inside the Iowa Capitol just like everyone else. It’s hilarious that right-wingers are now running to say this was an insurrection. We walked in the front door & went through the metal detectors.
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What does systemic change look like for you? Will you fight to end qualified immunity if elected? I’m tired of Dems trying to score political points off of tragedy when they have no intentions of fighting for real change.
Jacob Blake’s life matters. We need systemic change, and we need it now.
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❌No more copaganda❌
Last week a Des Moines police officer was seen singing and playing guitar in the downtown skywalk. 🎤 Take a listen!
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Now the owner of Exile Brewery is giving a disgustingly violent anti-homeless rant at the city council meeting.
Don’t support the Surety Hotel in Des Moines. Their owner & manager are speaking at the city council meeting right now demanding police crack down on “homeless, vagrants, & youth” who bother guests outside their downtown hotel on 6th Ave. They’re calling for more criminalization.
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Happy 420! 💚
We must legalize cannabis in Iowa & immediately free everyone locked up for the plant. I’ll fight everyday in the legislature to end the racist cannabis prohibition in our state.
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Here’s a pic of Des Moines Police Chief Dana Wingert & his wife supporting their guy
@realDonaldTrump
at his rally earlier this year.
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Every resident of Des Moines should be angry about this.
In a rare case, two Des Moines police officers are suing councilperson Indira Sheumaker and several residents to “redress wrongs” from a 2020 BLM protest.
A Drake professor at the protest said police made arrests “the worst possible way.”
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We officially filed our nomination papers to be on the ballot for the June 7th primary election! Thank you so much to all of the House District 36 residents who signed our petition.
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Glad to see the great state of Iowa being represented today.
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So, Iowa Democrats went all in with the right wing, pro-police messaging in an effort to win the suburbs. They end up losing big in the suburbs while also successfully alienating an entire generation of voters. Great strategy.
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Today is the first day of early voting in Iowa. I am humbly asking for your vote for Polk County Sheriff. Write me in on your ballot!
#CavilForSheriff
#FreeThemAll
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Governor Reynolds has proposed legislation that appears to be targeted directly against BLM...
The “Back the Blue Act” is disgusting and
@KimReynoldsIA
is a white supremacist.
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Reminder that the police can put anyone in jail anytime they want for anything they come up with.
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If I’m ever associating with an abuser please let me know so I can stop associating with that person.
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DMPS students led a walkout & protest at the governor’s mansion today to demand action on gun violence. I was asked to show up & speak. Young people in our community are fighting for a safe & livable future. We need elected officials who will work with them to make change.
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COVID kits made via slave labor.
Confirmed: Iowa prisoners will be putting together at-home COVID-19 test kits for Iowans. IDPH tells me Test Iowa will soon have up to 25,000 kits produced a week thanks to the partnership. IDPH acknowledged there is a wait time for at-home kits right now. Story to come.
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Iowa prisons are not understaffed, they’re overpopulated.
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Iowa police chief was using his position to obtain machine guns not legally available to the public & then sold those guns for profit.
The Adair police department, which currently has two (2) police officers, probably does not need 90 machine guns, federal officials say.
@DMRegister
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I got about the same amount of votes in Polk County as Kanye did statewide, he was on the ballot & I wasn’t.
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NOT GUILTY!!!
Verdict is in! Heading back in the courthouse to hear the jury read it.
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Jury verdict is in. Andrea and Spenser have been found not guilty on all charges!!
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Wow, can’t believe I’m gonna become the Polk County Sheriff tomorrow.
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Oh my god… never stepping foot in a HyVee again.
So Hy-Vee has emailed a press release out that says they are starting a new security force for their stores. Here is B-roll footage they provided, showing the new force — apparently equipped with body cameras, gun, taser, etc. This will launch in "multiple markets" across chain.
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Y’all really gave DMPD a table at the Juneteenth event???
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If MLK was alive today the Des Moines Police Department would have shot him with rubber bullets & tear gas, & put him in jail.
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There’s a new sheriff in town. 👀🤠
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I feel like this story from yesterday needs to be shared on twitter. I keep going back to it & smiling.
#Indira4DSM
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