2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA thread urging ALL of our Democratic candidates to get fully behind "Campaign Zero"!
I see no issue of more pressing importance than this. Though complex, improving the problems of poverty and racism SHOULD start by triaging the most dire, the most dangerous, the most painful problems first. As such, nothing could be more important than making a SEA CHANGE in the way people of color (yes and everyone else too) are treated by the police.
http://www.joincampaignzero.org
Please, everyone, urge your candidates whoever they may be to FULLY support this grass-roots initiative and DEMAND the end to police violence.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)My guess is that it is based on the idea that even ONE death by police brutality is something that should not be accepted as "unavoidable" or treated matter-of-factly.
We, as a society, need to completely re-evaluate what is happening and START with the premise that there should be ZERO deaths from police brutality.
Thus... Project Zero.
My opinion/guess.
delrem
(9,688 posts)eliminating deaths of innocent civilians, mostly poor and/or POC, at the hands of an out of control, poorly thought out, policing/prison industry. The connection with Black Lives Matter and other movements for social progress gave me the hint.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I'm kind of disappointed.
I thought they cared about this issue. What happened?
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)Thanks for the thread, Bonobo.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)I think our candidates are mostly on board with these. I hope they also understand the importance of addressing the excessive and unfair use of incarceration, the criminalization of drugs, the many cruelties that occur in our jails and prisons, youth unemployment, and inequality in educational and economic opportunities.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)IT DEEPLY.
(I apologize for the yelling.)
There are specific items on the Federal, State, and Local levels that people can organize around and start making changes in their communities.
The design of the site is fantastic and navigating is a breeze.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)You're no slouch yourself!
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Incredibly important.
Let's all visit the site.
Let's all read and study the issues and detailed policy proposals there.
Let's all share the site and pledge support to this incredibly important movement.
And let all our representatives and candidates know that we fully support it and will vote only for people who fully support it.
Thanks Bonobo. Have a great evening.
HappyPlace
(568 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)Which disproportionally kills black people as much as rogue cops.