Cops are just straight up taping over their bodycams lmao

I heard allegedly the chicago (Seattle) pd chief said they didn't turn on their bodycams bc they "didn't want to enable the security state" or smth

you’re right to suspect the claim, because the Seattle PD chief never said that. it was actually the mayor:

https://twitter.com/justinboldaji/status/1266940031374995459

Okay let me say it again but where it makes a bit more sense for you nonblacks. Creating fanart of characters saying black lives matter or participating in the black lives matter movement, shows others that you have some disconnect with the real world that you are unable to consume real problems and real fucking issues through a lens that isn't fictional. Like at some point you need to be able to take shit head on and learn about real issues that's not YA media. Not everything is Harry Potter or omg that's so like the Hunger Games. Like no! Keep that shit to yourself because my people are fucking dying out there and I don't need to see Hermione Granger waving a black power fist because you never learned to grow up and learn some tact!

The DEA has been authorized to search information and do surveillance on protesters, so people been around sharing info to encrypt your devices

And as such someone shared this list of devices which are safe for communication between protesters

Hey, you guys! I found a twitter thread with the same images as above and there’s a buttload of information there! Be sure to read up on the thread as well. Here’s a few pieces of information to keep in mind

again, here’s the link to the twitter thread. Thanks and keep yourselves safe!

i think it’s good for all of us to learn (myself included!) that momentary thrill of moral superiority shouldn’t guide our activism but like. genuine care for other people. all cops are bastards yes but what sort of language are you using when you talk about prisoners? we all want the socialism but have you helped your roommates with chores? when’s the last time you helped someone in your community? in your general living space? mood okay, kill all pedophiles … do you really care about victims of sexual assault and want to warn people about a predator or are you looking for the Zing of telling people off with little care to how your words may affect them ….?

The DEA has been authorized to search information and do surveillance on protesters, so people been around sharing info to encrypt your devices

And as such someone shared this list of devices which are safe for communication between protesters

Theory: Miss Major has been all but entirely erased from our narrative of Stonewall so people could avoid thinking about the fact that she's still alive and has a retirement fund that needs donations

Just want to raise awareness for the Chicago Torture Justice Center, the first and only organization in the US providing trauma recovery services for survivors of police violence. You can donate here.

ik that 'dont look at the notes' is like a tried and true tactic to avoid brainworms on this website but with protest and anti-police tactics going around you *need* to start reading the notes. read the notes on those cheeky posts about how 'i hope nobody realizes that you can xyz to zyx' and read the twitter thread, op's and replies. the spread of misinformation right now could lead to unnecessary fear at best and *real physical harm* at worst. right now I'm talking about that plywood shield post but this could literally be about anything. please do your own research even if it's very cursory to make sure you won't be ,like, killing somebody

i know there’s a lot going on but ICE are now one step closer to literally creating gas chambers. they are spraying a chemical called HDQ neutral roughly 100 times a day, every 15 minutes at the adelanto detention center (one of the biggest in the country). people are getting rashes, headaches, their insides are bleeding, etc. the guards are wearing gloves and masks but the detainees have NOTHING.

and here’s a quick reminder - america inspired the nazis to create gas chambers when they gassed latino people during the 1917 bath riots. 

here’s a petition to sign. it’s close to it’s goal. if there’s anything else we can do to help i’ll update this post.

I don’t have the words to properly explain how horrifying this is. In April, the advocacy group Freedom For Immigrants published a report about unsanitary conditions at the detention center, where the immigrants were made to clean the facilities with only water, or shampoo. According to their report, there were sick detainees there - possibly with COVID-19, but it’s unclear since they weren’t being tested - and the conditions could easily lead to a situation in which the virus exploded among those there.

The guards are spraying this disinfectant in retaliation for the report. To be clear - HDQ is an industrial-strength disinfectant, which according to the manufacturer is “harmful if inhaled” and “causes severe skin burns and serious eye damage.” The guards are spraying it on everything every 15-30 minutes, according to sources, and immigrants in the center have already experienced severe symptoms including blisters, rashes, bleeding, fainting, breathing difficulties, headaches, stomach pain, and nausea.

And let’s be real - ICE doesn’t give a shit, either about protecting these people or about preventing a COVID outbreak. ICE, according to their own reports, currently has 25,911 people in custody, of which only 2,670 have been tested. 1,392 of those were positive. In simple terms - less than 10% of detainees have been tested. Of those, more than half are positive. We cannot estimate how many sick people ICE is currently holding, or how many more will get sick without any kind of prevention or care.

ICE is killing people through neglect, and when they dared complain - they started gassing them.

The chemical they are spraying, HDQ, is manufactured by Spartan Chemical.

Spartan Chemical also holds responsibility for allowing this to happen. They should not get to have a shiny, clean brand image.

Spartan’s phone number is (419) 531-5551. They have a facebook page here, where you can leave them a review saying what you think of them supplying ICE.

They also have a contact us page on their website.

They follow/repost stuff from the hashtag #spartanchemical on Facebook and Instagram.

Please contact them through one of these means and ask them to denounce this abuse and stop supplying ICE (or stop supplying the distributor who is then selling to ICE). Post publicly on their facebook and in their hashtags so that their brandname is tied to these atrocities.