VIDEO: Community Rights Campaign Organizers Discuss “Black, Brown, and Over-Policed”
On November 7, 2013, Fight for the Soul of the Cities hosted an online presentation of Community Rights Campaign Organizers discussing their new report: “Black, Brown, and Over-Policed.” Following the live presentation of the facts within the report, our online community joined in by posting questions to our Facebook wall and tweeting them with the hashtag #OverPoliced. You can watch a video of the event, below.
For more on what you can do to join the movement to decriminalize youth in Los Angeles’ public schools -join Community Rights Campaign organizers on Saturday, November 9th, 2013, at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles.
A Few Live-Tweets From the Event:
We need to understand the role of #police on campus and expose the continued impact it has on #students http://t.co/fExf4hMdby #OverPoliced
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
In 2012 and 2013 black students were 20x more likely than white #students to be ticketed for disturbing the peace. #OverPoliced #Race
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
We are seeing the criminalization of #youth. When we give young people tickets we are sending a message that we don’t care. #OverPoliced
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
We want to mark the progress of the movement to dismantle the #school2prisonpipeline in #LAUSD #OverPoliced
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
“Black, Brown, and #OverPoliced“: We want to present the most current data and the ongoing civil rights harms of tickets and arrests.
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
“Black, Brown, and #OverPoliced“: We want #LAUSD and #LASPD to cease tickets and arrests for all school discipline matters
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
Maunuel (@Redpipil ): When we support young people we can shift the culture of the school system. #School2Prison #RestorativeJustice
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
Cynthia: When a #student receives a ticket they don’t usually have a discussion with their #teachers. We need restorative #justice.
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
Maunuel (@Redpipil ): We need more counselors, psychologists – We need money going back into our schools not into #police. #OverPoliced
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
Maunuel (@Redpipil): Ticketing a young person only festers the problem. #OverPoliced
— FFSC (@FightSoulCities) November 8, 2013
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