Forwarded from Revolutionary Toolbox
Safety planning is an abolitionist practice that will make us infinitely safer. They connect us and help us get support in emergencies faster. Getting with a small crew of 2 friends and talking through who to call for what is a great place to start.
Source: Chesaysthings (Twitter)
Questions to consider:
Protest safety
~3 people to call if I'm arrested (& who NOT to call)
~3 people I talk to often who'll know if I've gone missing
~1 person to check in with after leaving a protest
~1 phone number memorized (Once I was arrested & the only # I could remember was a random ex 😳)
Home safety:
~2 different places in my house to keep ID docs incase I need to leave quickly (Drivers license, birth certificate, vaccine car, ect)
~2 neighbors who know your name and have your number
~1 person with a spare set of keys to your home
Building a safety plan can be emotional so thinking through worst case scenarios is best done with at least one other person. Isolation is a product of the state. Connection gets us closer to abolition.
Finding gaps in your plan is normal and realizing you might lean on the same 3-4 ppl is ok. Make sure you talk to everyone on your list about their role and make sure everyone consents to that role. Check in on your plan every 6mo or so
These aren't practices I made up. They come from a decades long lineage of domestic violence survivors, criminalized black communities, organizers targeted by the state, and trans & queer security practitioners who taught and mentored me
If you want to deepen your safety skills I and other security practitioners with @visionchangewin offer trainings every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wednesdays of every month. Come hang out with us and nerd out on safety strategies together!
#mutualaid #security #organization #discussion #link
Source: Chesaysthings (Twitter)
Questions to consider:
Protest safety
~3 people to call if I'm arrested (& who NOT to call)
~3 people I talk to often who'll know if I've gone missing
~1 person to check in with after leaving a protest
~1 phone number memorized (Once I was arrested & the only # I could remember was a random ex 😳)
Home safety:
~2 different places in my house to keep ID docs incase I need to leave quickly (Drivers license, birth certificate, vaccine car, ect)
~2 neighbors who know your name and have your number
~1 person with a spare set of keys to your home
Building a safety plan can be emotional so thinking through worst case scenarios is best done with at least one other person. Isolation is a product of the state. Connection gets us closer to abolition.
Finding gaps in your plan is normal and realizing you might lean on the same 3-4 ppl is ok. Make sure you talk to everyone on your list about their role and make sure everyone consents to that role. Check in on your plan every 6mo or so
These aren't practices I made up. They come from a decades long lineage of domestic violence survivors, criminalized black communities, organizers targeted by the state, and trans & queer security practitioners who taught and mentored me
If you want to deepen your safety skills I and other security practitioners with @visionchangewin offer trainings every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wednesdays of every month. Come hang out with us and nerd out on safety strategies together!
#mutualaid #security #organization #discussion #link
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Safety planning is an abolitionist practice that will make us infinitely safer. They connect us and help us get support in emergencies faster. Getting with a small crew of 2 friends and talking through who to call for what is a great place to start. Questions…
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
"Perhaps here we find the true work of abolitionists. To create little paths outside the sight of local authorities. Leading to the local cooperative. The local night meeting. To ensure they are never able to find where our paths are located. These clusters of paths are available to us only by starlight. We emerge at night in spite of complaints from the state. From a far distance. We risk punishment by ganging up. Within this risk of punishment, we have fun anyhow. This is an abolitionist sensibility."
https://mnartists.walkerart.org/daunte-wright-a-billion-clusters-of-rebellion-and-starlight
https://mnartists.walkerart.org/daunte-wright-a-billion-clusters-of-rebellion-and-starlight
Mn Artists
Daunte Wright: A Billion Clusters of Rebellion and Starlight – Mn Artists
On abolition, constellations, and imagination after curfew
Forwarded from Knox
CW: Police shooting, death
On Monday April 12th Knoxville Police Department (KPD) shot and unjustifiably killed a 17 year old boy at a school. The country was painted a picture. They were told the boy was a school shooter and how heroic cops saved everyone. They weren’t paying attention once the news announced “the shooter” was dead and didn't get the full story.
Knowing things were amiss the community demanded the DA release the footage, they refused. But after pressure was applied we finally got to see the body cam footage.
We didn’t see a school shooter in them, he had no intentions to use the gun in school. We saw a scared boy sitting on the toilet. One who got up on his own and calmly walked towards the cops. No fighting or running. When he stepped out they started grabbing him and wrestling with him without knowing what was in his pockets. He kept screaming for them to wait... Like he knew this was a bad idea and the gun could go off. They couldn’t test the gun for fingerprints because too many hands were on it. It went off. Shot a trash can. Then the cops let off rounds wildly, hitting Anthony Thompson Jr in the chest and another cop in the leg.
They didn't ask him to put his hands on his head nor ask him to stand against the wall. He wasn’t resisting. They weren't supposed to be near him. They needlessly escalated.
Then, after Anthony fell to the ground, an officer handcuffed him and sat on him for over 4 minutes as his friend begged and cried for them to help him. “He’s bleeding! Please! Please! Help him!” as they did nothing. They claimed that they were unaware that he was hit, yet in the video you see an officer turn him over, get blood on his hands, and wash it off in the sink. Still, then, they didn't administer first aid.
It was negligent homicide. That negligence resulted in the death of a child. Our DA calls it justified. The city is refusing to hold them accountable.
No one is saying Anthony was right to have a gun in school. We’re saying he didn’t deserve to die and he didn’t have to die. If KPD had exercised patience and followed the usual standard procedure, he’d still be alive today. Their negligence caused this. And that's why we're demanding justice.
It is negligent homicide.
Anthony Thompson Jr
Say his name...
On Monday April 12th Knoxville Police Department (KPD) shot and unjustifiably killed a 17 year old boy at a school. The country was painted a picture. They were told the boy was a school shooter and how heroic cops saved everyone. They weren’t paying attention once the news announced “the shooter” was dead and didn't get the full story.
Knowing things were amiss the community demanded the DA release the footage, they refused. But after pressure was applied we finally got to see the body cam footage.
We didn’t see a school shooter in them, he had no intentions to use the gun in school. We saw a scared boy sitting on the toilet. One who got up on his own and calmly walked towards the cops. No fighting or running. When he stepped out they started grabbing him and wrestling with him without knowing what was in his pockets. He kept screaming for them to wait... Like he knew this was a bad idea and the gun could go off. They couldn’t test the gun for fingerprints because too many hands were on it. It went off. Shot a trash can. Then the cops let off rounds wildly, hitting Anthony Thompson Jr in the chest and another cop in the leg.
They didn't ask him to put his hands on his head nor ask him to stand against the wall. He wasn’t resisting. They weren't supposed to be near him. They needlessly escalated.
Then, after Anthony fell to the ground, an officer handcuffed him and sat on him for over 4 minutes as his friend begged and cried for them to help him. “He’s bleeding! Please! Please! Help him!” as they did nothing. They claimed that they were unaware that he was hit, yet in the video you see an officer turn him over, get blood on his hands, and wash it off in the sink. Still, then, they didn't administer first aid.
It was negligent homicide. That negligence resulted in the death of a child. Our DA calls it justified. The city is refusing to hold them accountable.
No one is saying Anthony was right to have a gun in school. We’re saying he didn’t deserve to die and he didn’t have to die. If KPD had exercised patience and followed the usual standard procedure, he’d still be alive today. Their negligence caused this. And that's why we're demanding justice.
It is negligent homicide.
Anthony Thompson Jr
Say his name...