David Mitchell :CApride:
@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Child in Calgary: dead.
Child in Spruce Grove: dead.
Killed by pickup trucks in their own neighbourhood.
Because the big oversized pickup truck with the aggressive front that you absolutely need because reasons that makes you feel big and powerful when you drive it doesn’t allow you to see in front of you.
So today’s pickup trucks kill people.
Today’s pickup trucks kill children.
When will your pickup kill someone?
Whose child will you pickup kill?
Perhaps you think it’s unlikely because you’re a ‘good driver’.
I’m sure the drivers who just killed children thought so too.
David Mitchell :CApride:
@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

All while the governments of Alberta and Ontario are actively fighting cities that want to have protected bike lanes. Carnage is fine, as long as it’s done by cars and trucks.

#UCP#ABPoli#ONPoli#CdnPoli
mekka okereke :verified:
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I've shared on here (many times) before, how Black communities making the intelligent and well informed decision to not trust the police, makes solving homicides almost impossible.

Because without the community's help, you can't catch murderers, and murderers are the ones doing all the murdering.🤷🏿‍♂️

You can make the murder rate go down, just by showing Black communities that cops are not here to prey on them and extract wealth from them.

You can make the murder rate go up, just by reminding Black communities that no, cops are absolutely here to prey on them and extract wealth from them.

🙂🙃

You all know full well that there is no world in which Taylor Swift's house is broken into by home invaders while she's performing at the Grammys, and Travis Kelce empties a clip at them, and the cops bring drug dogs to the house to find Taylor's edibles and send her to jail.

After emptying his clip, Travis Kelce would have no concern dialing 911. He would fully expect the police to show up and be helpful.

He wouldn't even remove a bong from a coffee table before opening the door🤷🏿‍♂️

Because the experience that white folk and Black folk can expect from cops is different

Let's talk ICE.

ICE is now arresting women that seek help at shelters. This discourages women from seeking help.

ICE arrests women at hospital emergency rooms. This discourages injured women from getting life saving care.

ICE is using local cops to make arrests. This discourages calling 911.

If you've understood this thread so far, you will see that the rate of calls to 911 from undocumented people is going to go down.

Then the murder rate amongst undocumented people, is going to go up.

By their actions, cops have increased the murder rate amongst a population.🤦🏿‍♂️
Greengordon
@Greengordon@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
@mekkaokereke

Excellent short thread that makes crystal clear why Black people don't call the cops. It explains a great deal. Applies to Canada's First Nations, too.

"without the community's help, you can't catch murderers, and murderers are the ones doing all the murdering.🤷🏿‍♂️

"You can make the murder rate go down, just by showing Black communities that cops are not here to prey on them and extract wealth from them."

#cdnpoli
Alison Creekside
@AlisonCreekside@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Stephen Lautens: "Canada: Walk away from negotiations. Don't retaliate. Diversify. Find new markets. Buy European military equipment. Reinstate the digital services tax. Let Americans pay more for the things they want from us. Keep up the public boycott. Welcome American refugee talent. Be Canadian." #cdnpoli
Alison Creekside
@AlisonCreekside@mstdn.ca  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Stephen Lautens: "Canada: Walk away from negotiations. Don't retaliate. Diversify. Find new markets. Buy European military equipment. Reinstate the digital services tax. Let Americans pay more for the things they want from us. Keep up the public boycott. Welcome American refugee talent. Be Canadian." #cdnpoli
Ms. Que Banh
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp last week

Please don't call the cops on homeless folks, who you may see/run into at some parks, if they're not bothering anyone at all & are trying to keep to themselves. I've met several different homeless folks all around this large urban park & never felt scared around them. I sometimes bring them free foods & first aid supplies.

We desperately need more social & transitional supportive housing in #VictoriaBC. All municipalities should be working on this - together. This is a shared social responsibility & it crosses every municipal border. Demonizing & dehumanizing homeless folks hasn't helped at all - it is also very unkind & lacking of humanity.

#HouseTheHomeless#YYJpoli#BCpoli#CDNpoli#HousingCrisis#SocialHousing#TransitionalHousing#WarOnThePoor#PovertyIsNotACrime#ClassWar#PSA

Showing a footpath into forested area, off main park trails.
Showing a footpath into forested area, off main park trails.
Ms. Que Banh
@PhoenixSerenity@beige.party  ·  activity timestamp last week

Please don't call the cops on homeless folks, who you may see/run into at some parks, if they're not bothering anyone at all & are trying to keep to themselves. I've met several different homeless folks all around this large urban park & never felt scared around them. I sometimes bring them free foods & first aid supplies.

We desperately need more social & transitional supportive housing in #VictoriaBC. All municipalities should be working on this - together. This is a shared social responsibility & it crosses every municipal border. Demonizing & dehumanizing homeless folks hasn't helped at all - it is also very unkind & lacking of humanity.

#HouseTheHomeless#YYJpoli#BCpoli#CDNpoli#HousingCrisis#SocialHousing#TransitionalHousing#WarOnThePoor#PovertyIsNotACrime#ClassWar#PSA

Showing a footpath into forested area, off main park trails.
Showing a footpath into forested area, off main park trails.