Disability Justice and Abolition
…Black disabled people. Disabled people are disproportionately likely to be victims of violence from police, as noted above half of police shootings are of disabled people. Abolishing the police makes…
…Black disabled people. Disabled people are disproportionately likely to be victims of violence from police, as noted above half of police shootings are of disabled people. Abolishing the police makes…
…mobilizations against racial injustice and police brutality against Black people. As the SixNineteen website describes: “Juneteenth is a day that honors Black freedom and Black resistance, and centers Black people’s…
…for Black lives. The NLG recognizes the brunt of police violence is aimed at Black, Brown, Trans, gender non-conforming people, and that police killing people is a public health pandemic….
…to share strategies for protesting anti-Black racism despite violent police repression and a pandemic? Need help supporting a loved one in immigration detention or prison? The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening…
…reformist changes of the #8CantWait campaign, that merely seek to reduce, instead of eliminate, continuing police violence against Black people. As the 8 To Abolition website states: “As police and…
…work. While the police enforce the law on protesters, who is there to monitor the police? The intentional targeting of NLG Legal Observers by the police is a showing of…
…funds by the National Bail Fund Network Black Lives Matter petition to #DefundThePolice 6/1/20: NLG Condemns Violent Police Response to Black Lives Matter Protests Nationwide 5/28/20: NLG in Solidarity with…
…went viral. In Chicago, police violently surrounded and mass arrested demonstrators. “The Chicago Police rioted. Police violently attacked hundreds if not thousands of people demanding an end to police violence….
…people, including a journalist, were hit by projectiles. “The response by Minneapolis Police can best be characterized as a coordinated, militarized, guerilla-style effort. Police in riot gear confronted protesters, including…
…the one given citations when police arrived. There’s a long history in the United States that continues to today of people of color calling the police seeking help and are…