Parents and relatives who gathered outside the school report being tackled, tasered and pepper-sprayed.
Police
What’s needed is not more funding for policing but more funding for alternatives to police responses.
Responding to pain by enforcing a criminal code through policing is ineffective in addressing community needs.
Ending police exchanges will help build a world where our ties are of solidarity and common pursuits for justice.
Both parties are trying to exploit the movement to defund police to argue for raising law enforcement budgets.
The police would report directly to far right Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has continually spouted lies about voter fraud.
Though officials announced the end of the surveillance program last April, it appears to be ongoing.
Activists have dug in against the militarized compound to defend Atlanta’s most marginalized and largest watershed.
The link redirected to a page with Amazon links to pro-Trump flags, hats and a film featuring far right figures.
“Essentially they’ve created company towns where they control law enforcement,” says Alex Vitale.