U.S (COLOR OF CHANGE) : #JusticeForDanielPrude; One year later.

 

 

 

Daniel Prude deserved care and support.  Instead, in response to a mental health call, Rochester Police slammed Daniel to the ground and held him there until he stopped breathing.   One year ago today, Daniel Prude’s family took him off life support.      Click to tweet: Commemorate Daniel Prude’s life and continue to demand accountability now. CLICK TO TWEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear friend, you’ve taken action to demand justice for Daniel Prude and accountability in Rochester. And whether you’ve been following this story for a year or just joined the fight, we wanted to take a moment to remember Daniel’s life and share an important campaign update with you : 

 

Since video footage of Prude’s murder was released last year, Color Of Change members like you have been calling on Rochester officials to take bold action to protect Black lives.

 

Yesterday, Rochester City Council approved their “police reform” plan.¹ The proposal calls for : 

• Reducing the Rochester Police Department (RPD) budget over the next three years.
• Increased funding for alternative first responder programs to replace or supplement police with social workers and other non-police personnel.
• Reducing the number of RPD officers because Rochester has more police officers than most cities of similar size.
• New policy to limit the use of spit socks — the “hood” RPD put over Daniel Prude’s head before throwing him to the ground. 

 

Dear friend, the police reform proposal is not a perfect roadmap to get Rochester where it needs to go. It’s not everything Color Of Change and Rochester activists demanded — or even the “fundamental change” the Police Accountability Board recommended.² But the plan includes commitments to many of the demands we’ve amplified since September.³

 

For the first time, we have Rochester City Council ON THE RECORD, making a clear commitment to decrease funding for Rochester Police and increase support for alternatives to policing. 

 

Right now, the city’s police reform plan is a non-binding resolution. It also doesn't include specifics on how much money will be reallocated from Rochester Police to alternative first responder programs. That means it’s up to us to make sure Rochester officials back up their promises with ACTION. 

 

The city’s budget is another opportunity to go further and demand Rochester officials put money where their mouth is. We have to keep fighting until the commitments they’ve made — to divest from RPD and invest in alternatives to police — become real.

 

 

 

 

Click to tweet: Commemorate Daniel Prude’s life and continue to demand accountability now.

 

 

 

 

Rochester City Council has put forward a framework to begin re-imagining public safety — but only because activists organized protests, made thousands of phone calls, and raised our voices to demand change for months. Now, we have to hold them to it. 

 

Until justice is real, 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott, Erika, Rashad, Arisha, Malachi, Megan, Ernie, Palika, Ariel, Madison, Trevor, Ana, McKayla and the Color Of Change team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1. Rochester City Council approves police reform plan to end union contract, reduce budget. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 30 March 2021.

2. 'Our community must be heard': PAB offers recommendations for future of policing reform plan. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 23 December 2020.

3. PETITION: Demand Justice For Daniel Prude. Color Of Change, September 2020. 

 

 

 

 

 

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ColorOfChange is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S (ACLU) : BIDEN Must HALT FACE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY !

 

 

 

Friend –     Face recognition is a threat to not only our constitutional rights, but to people of color and other marginalized groups who are more likely to be misidentified — and bear the consequences. Biden must stop the use of this dangerous and racist technology. Sign the petition if you agree.         The use of face recognition technology (FRT) by the federal government in policing and the enabling of its use in other areas of public life, as in schools and public housing, is posing a profound and unprecedented threat to our core civil rights – and is particularly dangerous for communities of color and other marginalized groups. It’s time to put a stop to it. If President Biden wants to uphold his commitment to racial equity and civil liberties for all, then he must take immediate action.   FRT disproportionately misidentifies and misclassifies people of color, trans people, and women. The studies show this, and real life proves it. In fact, MIT research found commercial face recognition systems failed up to 1 in 3 times when classifying the faces of Black women.Meanwhile, Robert Williams, Michael Oliver, and Nijeer Parks are all Black men wrongly arrested and detained after police falsely identified them using a face recognition system.   Even if FRT was perfectly accurate, it would still give governments, companies, and individuals the power to spy on us wherever we go – tracking our faces at protests, political rallies, places of worship, and more. We cannot allow its normalization.         Sign the petition telling Biden to halt dangerous and racist face recognition technologies now.         Thank you for taking action,           The ACLU Team.                 PAID FOR BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

Egypte : Liberté pour Ramy SHAATH, défenseur des droits humains !

 

 

 

Bonjour,     Le 5 juillet 2019, au beau milieu de la nuit, des hommes cagoulés et lourdement armés ont pénétré dans l’appartement que j’occupais au Caire avec mon mari Ramy Shaath, défenseur des droits humains égypto-palestinien. Sans mandat et sans aucune explication, ils ont enlevé Ramy sous mes yeux et m’ont donné 10 minutes pour faire une valise et m’expulser d’Égypte vers la France.   Harcelé depuis des années par les autorités, Ramy est maintenu depuis lors en détention provisoire dans des conditions inhumaines, comme le reste de ses codétenus (10 à 18 prisonniers doivent partager 25m2), et sans mesures adéquates pour prévenir la propagation de la COVID-19.   Depuis mon expulsion illégale d’Égypte le 5 juillet 2019, je n’ai été autorisée que deux fois à parler à Ramy par téléphone. Mais grâce à la mobilisation internationale, j’ai enfin obtenu le droit de retourner en Égypte 10 jours en février 2021, afin de lui rendre visite en prison. J’ai pu prendre Ramy dans mes bras pour la première fois en 19 mois. Puis j’ai été forcée de lui dire au revoir une nouvelle fois, sans savoir quand je le reverrai.   Aidez-moi à retrouver mon mari et à obtenir des autorités égyptiennes qu’elles libèrent Ramy immédiatement et sans condition !       Céline Lebrun-Shaath, épouse de Ramy Shaath.         Si vous ne voulez pas où ne pouvez pas utiliser notre système de signature automatique, vous pouvez cliquer ici pour accéder à la pétition.

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