SUPPORT BLACK LIVES MATTER
EMAIL YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO DEFUND POLICE
HERE IS A SAMPLE EMAIL MADE BY @SARA_WYLIE FOR TORONTO RESIDENCES. PLEASE CC: mayor_tory@toronto.ca
PLEASE BROWSE ALL PETITIONS FOR JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHER LIVES LOST BY POLICE HANDS:
TEXT "FLOYD" TO 55156
for justice for GEORGE FLOYD
TEXT "JUSTICE: TO 668366
for justice for GEORGE FLOYD
TEXT “ENOUGH” to 55156 for justice for BREONNA TAYLOR
CANADIAN:
ANDREA IYAMAH (SWIMWEAR <3)
WORLDWIDE WEB:
WHAT IS SYSTEMIC RACISM?
WHY NOT "ALL LIVES MATTER"?
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"DEFUND THE POLICE?" HOW WOULD WE STAY SAFE?
➜ @FARM_DYKE
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WHO ARE THE POLICE REALLY?
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IS SLAVERY OVER? NO
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STATS
BY @ANNAMIEPAUL
☹ 2000-2017, BLACKS WERE 36.5% OF THOSE KILLED BY TORONTO POLICE, BUT ONLY 8.3% OF TORONTO'S POPULATION.
☹ BLACK CANADIANS ARE 3% OF THE POPULATION BUT 10% OF FEDERAL PRISONS
☹ INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE 4% OF THE ADULT POPULATION BUT 30% OF FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL PRISONS
☹ INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARE 42% OF FEMAL PRISONERS.
☹ INDIGENOUS PRISONERS SERVE MORE OF THEIR SENTENCE BEFORE RELEASE VS OTHER PRISONERS
☹ SINCE 2010, INDIGENOUS INMATES INCREASED 52.1%
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WATCH: THE 13th (ON NEFLIX)
WATCH: PATRIOT ACT (GEORGE FLOYD EPISODE)
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BOOKS TO READ OR LISTEN TO:
END OF POLICING BY ALEX S VITALE:
ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE BY ANGELA DAVIS
THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS
THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS BY TA-NEHISI COATES
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OTHER LINKS FOR THE GTA:
CONSIDER R E G U L A R L Y VOLUNTEERING (AFTER COVID19) OR DONATING TO ANY OF THESE PLACES:
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