Minnesota Freedom Fund @MNFreedomFund
Working to end oppressive jailing and reduce its harm to our community by paying cash bail and immigration bonds for people who can't afford it. mnfreedomfund.org/donate Minneapolis, MN Joined December 2017-
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Bail reform isn’t sensational. It’s waking up in your own bed. Putting on your shoes. Walking outside. Getting your kids off to school. Searching for work. Kissing your spouse. Real freedom stories must be told. We’re working to gather real stories now. GatheringForFreedom.org
At the NLG, we’re receiving a sharp increase in requests for support from university students, as they engage in creative protests against their universities ties’ to the State of Israel and the genocide in Gaza against the Palestinian people.
At arguments in Grants Pass, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson are pummeling the Gibson Dunn attorney defending laws that punish homeless people who sleep outside. Sotomayor asks: If homeless people aren't allowed to sleep anywhere, are they supposed to just "kill themselves"?
Today, #SCOTUS will hear a case that could severely criminalize homelessness. Formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public – and this ruling could devastate an already vulnerable population. 🧵
i have been reporting on protests for 5+ years now and this is part and parcel of what we saw coming — the inevitable result of Democrats and Republicans alike demonizing, prosecuting, and permitting assaults on left/progressive protesters from 2020 onwards
For better or worse, this is a routine thing when people are accused of crimes. Lots of defendants miss lots of things -- kids' births, graduations, funerals, etc. -- because they are on trial or detained pending trial.
For better or worse, this is a routine thing when people are accused of crimes. Lots of defendants miss lots of things -- kids' births, graduations, funerals, etc. -- because they are on trial or detained pending trial.
NEW report: Jail populations have exploded over the last 4 decades while getting almost none of the attention prisons do. It’s clear the US has a reliance on excessive jailing. But how did we get here? 🧵
winning a deportation case takes everything, and even then, that often isn’t enough. the people I defend are humans, I am a human, yet deportation law and courts are so profoundly, deliberately dehumanizing. i’m just never over it.
We gotta get housing figured out. It’ll decrease substance use disorder, crime, childhood trauma, learning disruption, medical assistance costs, unemployment, prison costs… Landlords’ profits aren’t worth all this mess.
We gotta get housing figured out. It’ll decrease substance use disorder, crime, childhood trauma, learning disruption, medical assistance costs, unemployment, prison costs… Landlords’ profits aren’t worth all this mess.
An important stat for anyone covering Trump’s “immigrants are criminals” rallies today: immigrants are 60% less likely to be incarcerated for crimes than U.S. born citizens.
Since George Floyd was murdered, the police killed more people in 2021 than 2020, more people in 2022 than 2021, and more people in 2023 than 2022. The only solution is reducing the size and power of the policing bureaucracy, and investing in root causes of interpersonal harm.
Since George Floyd was murdered, the police killed more people in 2021 than 2020, more people in 2022 than 2021, and more people in 2023 than 2022. The only solution is reducing the size and power of the policing bureaucracy, and investing in root causes of interpersonal harm.
ICE Detention Numbers Decline Slightly to 27,000, GPS Ankle Monitors See Continued Growth @TRACReports Latest ICE detention and ATD data summarized here: trac.syr.edu/immigration/qu…
A single brazen theft caught on video at Walgreens gets national attention meanwhile these crimes go entirely unreported. Ask yourself why the national press wants you to know about one and not the other.
A single brazen theft caught on video at Walgreens gets national attention meanwhile these crimes go entirely unreported. Ask yourself why the national press wants you to know about one and not the other.
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Police sweep encampments because within encampments are new models of care emerging which represent alternatives to policing. Care is revolutionary.
Bail reform isn’t sensational. It’s waking up in your own bed. Putting on your shoes. Walking outside. Getting your kids off to school. Searching for work. Kissing your spouse. Real freedom stories must be told. We’re working to gather real stories now. GatheringForFreedom.org
At the NLG, we’re receiving a sharp increase in requests for support from university students, as they engage in creative protests against their universities ties’ to the State of Israel and the genocide in Gaza against the Palestinian people.
Today, #SCOTUS will hear a case that could severely criminalize homelessness. Formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public – and this ruling could devastate an already vulnerable population. 🧵
Heads up that if you say that increasing penalties for breaking the law will destroy your business, you are saying much more about your business model than you are about the law in question.
I wish more people understood this. Kids who feel safe don't carry guns. Kids who have guns are carrying guns because they are scared of something and usually it's something pretty real. Incarcerating teenagers actually worsens the underlying problem. one.npr.org/i/1243924444:1…
i have been reporting on protests for 5+ years now and this is part and parcel of what we saw coming — the inevitable result of Democrats and Republicans alike demonizing, prosecuting, and permitting assaults on left/progressive protesters from 2020 onwards
The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states trib.al/bDjjbYH
For better or worse, this is a routine thing when people are accused of crimes. Lots of defendants miss lots of things -- kids' births, graduations, funerals, etc. -- because they are on trial or detained pending trial.
Judge Merchan is truly heartless in not letting a father attend his son’s graduation
NEW report: Jail populations have exploded over the last 4 decades while getting almost none of the attention prisons do. It’s clear the US has a reliance on excessive jailing. But how did we get here? 🧵
winning a deportation case takes everything, and even then, that often isn’t enough. the people I defend are humans, I am a human, yet deportation law and courts are so profoundly, deliberately dehumanizing. i’m just never over it.
We gotta get housing figured out. It’ll decrease substance use disorder, crime, childhood trauma, learning disruption, medical assistance costs, unemployment, prison costs… Landlords’ profits aren’t worth all this mess.
Roughly 7000 apartments in Minneapolis sit empty because landlords refuse to lower their rents to prices our communities can afford. Thank you @noemptyhomes_mn for hosting a vacancy tour! Landlords letting homes intentionally sit empty during a housing crisis is unacceptable.
An important stat for anyone covering Trump’s “immigrants are criminals” rallies today: immigrants are 60% less likely to be incarcerated for crimes than U.S. born citizens.
Since George Floyd was murdered, the police killed more people in 2021 than 2020, more people in 2022 than 2021, and more people in 2023 than 2022. The only solution is reducing the size and power of the policing bureaucracy, and investing in root causes of interpersonal harm.
The police shot the girl they were supposedly trying to rescue after she was kidnapped and then police lied about it and hid the video for two years. It's important to understand that the highest levels of the policing bureaucracy knew about this and attempted to cover it up.
If NYPD is openly harassing a media professional and attorney simply because I outperformed the mayor in an interview, one can only imagine how they treat everyday citizens who critique them. It’s no wonder we paid $121 million on police misconduct settlements last year.
A single brazen theft caught on video at Walgreens gets national attention meanwhile these crimes go entirely unreported. Ask yourself why the national press wants you to know about one and not the other.
How aware are you that there are over 100,000 known violations of Clean Water Act every year? Aware that local, state, and federal governments have made specific policy choices to divest from enforcement of these laws in favor of things like drugs and low-level misdemeanors?
Thread: The New York Times just revealed Israeli military’s AI facial recognition surveillance in Gaza. But it might surprise people that the same companies behind biometric surveillance for right-wing govt’s in India + Israel just got secretive contract in Los Angeles.
I wish we were able to get to know more about the migrant workers that passed instead of being told how they were hard workers. What was their favorite food? What were their dreams? Who was their favorite artist?
Georgia has passed a law forbidding bail funds from contributing to people's bonds. It is worth noting that when MLK was bailed out of Birminghan jail, he didn't fund his own bond. The United Auto Workers, and others, pooled tens of thousands of dollars to liberate him.
NY—where Kalief Browder was imprisoned 3 years on an alleged stolen backpack—Trump gets his $450M bond reduced to $175M. TX—where Crystal Mason was imprisoned 5 years for trying to vote—Paxton gets 0 prison for securities fraud. The system ain't broken—it's working as intended.
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