<p>One idea: give the freed-up monetary resources back to the people through participatory budgeting.</p>

Microsoft helps police surveil and patrol communities through its own offerings and a network of partnerships — while its PR efforts obscure this.

1/10 Here's what I took away from the incredibly informative #DefundSPD Teach In hosted by @DecrimSeattle earlier today (a thread).

Barricade at the Chinook Land Autonomous Territory (#CLAT). People are needed here ALL night long, especially in the early morning! Get on over rn! Bring some tents.

Pigs tired to push barricades once a couple hours ago, comrades got them back and are up stronger than ever, more people are still needed for early day shifts, get down if you can. #ACAB #CLAT #BLM #PDXprotests

screens are now being placed over the inmates windows to keep them from holding up signs https://t.co/g22oOGAV0T

“Cop who vowed to 'shoot protesters through door of his home' is charged with manslaughter after accidentally shooting dead fellow officer who came to his front door to pick up a patrol car” https://t.co/MKYZ1etVj3

A sculpture of a black woman who took part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol has been erected on the plinth where a statue of slave trader Edward Colston used to stand 📷: @BenBirchallUK

Militarized Federal Agents from a patchwork of outside agencies have begun policing Portland (in rented minivans vans) without the explicit approval of the mayor, the state, or local municipalities. This is what that looks like in practice: https://t.co/losap4SsgI

An analysis of leaked law enforcement documents reveals an obsession with “antifa” despite evidence of threats of violence to police and protesters.

Our demands still haven’t been met.

Repost : “During a peaceful protest in LA this week the LAPD knocked a disabled man out of his wheelchair, and then they broke it. there is absolutely no excuse for this - it’s disgusting.” https://t.co/aE0opFcwWN