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한정인 • they / them • mutual aid organizer, street medic, birth / death / grief worker • just trying to get us all to abolish policing & prisons, demilitarize the planet, expand access to books, & watch the wnba
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Awwww that’s some of the people from my drumming group! (Sadly, was not there)
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I believe deeply in abolition, and today was another reminder that things like “jury of peers” and “rule of law” etc etc are such a farce. I only hope the person criminalized in that case was able to escape the clutches of the PIC.
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I’m fine with being dismissed but I also disagree with who they chose instead. The primary state’s witness was a cop. Multiple people with ties to law enforcement, including an active ICE agent who had experience testifying in a similar capacity as part of his job, were empaneled.
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I was dismissed (unsurprising given my appearance, work, & education) but went through initial voir dire with the judge. Everyone in my group got attorney follow up questions, and I’m partially convinced I didn’t get any because they weren’t sure whether it was okay to address me as Ms (it’s not). 🙃
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Trump’s attempted EO would be a mix - birthright for most and (a lack of) citizenship by blood if you’re undocumented. Like in Korea, it will play right into the hands of the pro-natalism mov’t by supplying babies to families deemed worthy by the state and furthering cultural genocide.
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When I was born in Korea in the 80’s, citizenship was only be passed down by blood through fathers; it directly contributed to babies born w/o citizenship & high rates of adoption. The law has been slightly modified so that Korean mothers can grant citizenship now but it’s still not birthright.
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It not just about refuting RFK Jr’s eugenicist rhetoric by proving what some autistic people *can* do and accomplish but also about affirming that *no one* should be subject to the ableism he hopes to implement regardless of dis/abled they are.
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this is why we say Abolish ICE. this is why “the rule of law” doesn’t guarantee safety, when its goal is to criminalize.
i’m glad people are coming to realize what many have been saying all along. i hope it leads towards a more strategic & focused understanding of the PIC & its eventual abolition.
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the OP highlights the CNN story as proof of CPB overreach. i agree that it’s violence & harm. but CPB is inherently an overreach even when it “follows” its own “rules” because the law gives it jurisdiction with 100 miles of every land & water border. again, it’s a system working as intended.
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my friend and i (both POC) were the only non-Arab / non-Muslim appearing people being held. we were sober. we declared our ikea purchases (not uncommon - Canada was closer than Pennsylvania). it didn’t matter.
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the first time CPB held me at the US / Canada border was almost 20 years ago, after a touristy day trip to southern ontario, and trouble verifying my citizenship papers. it was a trip i’d taken dozens of times, but this was my first after 9/11 & the creation of DHS.
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"The only way out of this mess is to develop the ability to wield power on our own terms, horizontally—stripping the police of legitimacy. This has been the common thread between practically all the significant movements of the past several years."
We said that in 2014.
crimethinc.com/cwc/bluefuse
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A huge lie the tax code has sold regular ass people is that 501c3 status matters, both for the integrity of the work and for being able to deduct donations on your taxes. Because most people aren’t itemizing deductions, it often makes no material difference whether you give to a c3 or a GoFundMe.
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The 1950’s & 1960’s saw massive updates to the US tax code that increased tax deductions for contributions to 501c3 organizations while also restricting the types of “political activities” that 501c3 organizations could engage in. The cultural & political timing of these changes was intentional.
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We have allowed ourselves to believe that it's normal to have 4% of the world's population and 25% of the world's prisoners. We have allowed prisons that violate multiple basic provisions of international humanitarian law. Our prisons are filled with people being literally tortured.
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Cursed Animal 2: Electric Bora-loo