This campaign started with just four women, sitting around a kitchen table, saying: we have to change the system.
So I did what many thought was unthinkable for a 31-year-old Queer Latina public defender whose parents grew up in the Woodside Houses. I decided to run.
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@AOC
- “People aren’t dying of just the coronavirus. They are dying of incompetence, for-profit motives, ignoring the advice of medical experts. We have a pandemic of lack of leadership.”
My congresswoman is speaking nothing but truth.
#COVID19
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department announced an 8 p.m. curfew for the second night in a row Monday. The curfew follows unrest in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake Sunday. The curfew will be enforced until 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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@PeteButtigieg
WTF?! Justifying an increase in arrests of Black men for cannabis in his city by saying it was connected to violence and gangs. Was already
#NeverPete
, but have to say hard 👏🏽 fucking 👏🏽 pass 👏🏽 again.
#demdebate
I’m sure every one remembers the first time you saw
@aoc
.
This 28-year-old bartender ferociously knocking her way through her district while the political machine laughed and mocked her.
Cash bail is wrong—period. We can’t have two systems of justice: one for the poor and one for the wealthy.
But we shouldn’t replace cash bail with another system that over-surveils black and brown communities. Folks don’t need ankle bracelets, they need meaningful support.
I’m a queer Latina from a working-class family. People like us are exactly who the system is trying to keep down.
That’s why I became a public defender—and that’s why I’m running for Queens DA.
Watch our new ad and help us bring real justice to Queens:
#TyreNichols
family asked this be the video we share of him.
Watch it & know Tyre, like all our loved ones, deserved to live a long beautiful life free from state sanctioned murder. For Black & brown folks around the US, police violence is the greatest threat to that future.
Before the Memphis Police Dept. releases the video of 5 MPD officers murdering
#TyreNichols
during a routine traffic stop, and that heinous video inevitably goes viral, I want to amplify THIS video of Tyre LIVING his best life. 🛹👑🙏🏿😔✊🏿
#JusticeForTyreNichols
🎥: Austin Dean
GOP members bitching about metal detectors &
@CoriBush
out here like "first of all, THIS IS A JOB. You work at McDonald's & you don't wear the uniform, you don't work today....Have these people ever had a job?” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Honestly, the realness is giving me life. Keep it coming.
This is fucked up. No other way to say it.
@NYCMayor
, you saw the video of Eric Garner being murdered in broad daylight yet his killer stayed employed with your NYPD for 5 years afterwards. Bold to be out here talking about charging cops and devaluing Black lives?!
I’ve seen the video. I am horrified. George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight and the man who killed him was a police officer — and that officer didn't seem to care at all that he was taking a man's life.
If George was white, he would be alive right now.
How many times we gotta keep pointing it out before we abandon failed strategies - Police don’t prevent crime. They don’t interrupt crime. They respond to it. After the fact. And often times, they respond w more violence.
Y’all want to finally try something different or what?
This is just unthinkable: SEVEN police officers were inside the school but did not confront the shooter per
@CNN
. They waited "about an hour" for a Border Patrol tactical team to arrive. A full hour. Seven armed officers to one 18 year-old. The good guys with the guns?
NYC is taking after Portland - a trans femme protestor was pulled into an unmarked van at the Abolition Park protest - this was at 2nd Ave and 25th Street
TY
@AOC
for standing up to Cuomo’s moratorium on mortgages, but not rent payments.
“We’re essentially rewarding and offering preferential treatment to land owners and those who are more wealthy.”
We have built the most powerful, the most diverse, the most beautiful coalition that a borough-wide race has ever seen. From formerly incarcerated folks to sex workers to undocumented immigrants to community-based organizations & activists to local & national elected officials.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Florida can enforce a law barring ex-felons from voting if they still owe court fines or fees that they are unable to pay associated with their convictions
Pheeeewww! Under this Mayor’s leadership we have saved over 700 people being shot in this city. Pheeeewww! Under this Mayor thousands of gun arrests protecting our most vulnerable communities. Pheeeww, under this Mayor crime is down while fighting ridiculous policies that your…
.
@KamalaHarris
is trying to rewrite history. She protected bad officers, fought to uphold wrongful convictions, increased penalties and threatened to jail parents as a response to truancy. Stop making excuses and own your record.
#demdebate
Holy shit. This coming from the woman who refused to hold a *single* officer accountable during her tenure as DA...including the officer that went on to murder George Floyd.
Re Trump’s “shooting” tweet?
Our community is hurting. Hurting for justice & charges for George Floyd.
Vandalism must stop. But we need systemic reform. Like a full scale DOJ pattern/practice investigation of Mpls. Police like I’ve called for.
So much better than a tweet.
His name was
#AhmaudArbery
. He was murdered by white supremacists. He should be alive.
The US continues to dehumanize & discard Black lives. We must hold his murderers accountable. We must also reckon w our systems that prop up anti-Blackness & white supremacy & tear it down.
With all due respect to you Mr. Mayor, you’re also in favor of adding 500 cops to our subways so they can stop, arrest and search poor black & brown folks. You denounce stop & frisk, but support broken windows policing that criminalizes poverty? A bit hypocritical, no?
This is LONG overdue and the timing is transparent and cynical.
With all due respect to my predecessor, we’ve spent six years undoing the damage he created with this bankrupt policy. We ended stop and frisk AND drove down crime.
Actions speak louder than words.
I’m running for City Council because I love my community. Right now, at the intersection of the pandemic and the uprising in defense of Black lives, this is where the work is.
Yesterday on NY’s 1st day of early voting, the Trump endorsing NYPD:
• stole masks & sanitizer being given out outside of a polling site.
• was out illegally electioneering for Trump.
@NYCMayor
we demand answers & accountability.Your NYPD out here undermining our democracy.
Yesterday cops in Red Hook confiscated a table of PPE because it was “electioneering” (it was not) and now, on the same day, a video of a cop, very clearly, electioneering. We need answers. Now.
@NYPDnews
@NYPDShea
@NYCMayor
Saying that migrants from all over the world arriving here “will destroy New York City” is repugnant MAGA garbage.
10K a month? In 1907, that many came in a *day* — and it MADE this city.
Let’s drop this demagoguery and invest in welcoming asylum seekers and getting them work.
We built a campaign to reduce recidivism.
Decriminalize poverty.
End mass incarceration.
To protect our immigrant communities.
Keep people rooted in their communities with the access to support and services.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says any coronavirus vaccine should be "affordable."
"This would be a vaccine that is developed with taxpayer dollars...We think that should be available to everyone—not dependent on 'Big Pharma.'"
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@BernieSanders
telling it like it is. Our bail system is racist and classist.
Allowing people to stay in their homes with access to housing, employment, to health care, doesn't come at the expense of safety, it is the source of safety.
#opposerollbacks
Our cash bail system is a disgrace that disproportionately hurts Black, Brown and poor Americans. New York did the right thing by reforming its bail law and must not go backwards.
When we are in the White House, we will end cash bail nationally.
Not enough prep time in the world for you, homie 🤦🏽♀️
Also, don’t be fooled. Dude is making strategic decisions to make sure he isn’t available to be publicly scrutinized. Saturating the ad market while avoiding having to answer to the people.
Proud to announce
@nytimes
just endorsed our grassroots campaign to bring real justice to Queens:
“An ambitious young public defender offers overdue change.”
“Our entire political system revolves around rich men. And rich men are not at the center of my universe. Working families are.” -
@AOC
Tell it, homegirl! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I am beyond thrilled and honored to receive an endorsement from
@BernieSanders
. He has dedicated his entire career to achieving economic, racial, and social justice for all.
Here in Queens, we are working toward that same goal — on June 25th, we can take one giant leap forward.
It’s true.
@ewarren
supports women and it’s beautiful. Meant a lot to me as a woman and first time candidate when she checked in with words of encouragement and support. 🙏🏽
Feels like every female candidate has a story of
@ewarren
randomly calling with words of encouragement. 😍
Another one from
@MalloryMcMorrow
: "her phone rang with the senator from Massachusetts on the other end"
BREAKING: Oregon becomes first U.S. state to decriminalize possession of all drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and meth, for personal use - AP/Oregonian
“No other candidate has even attempted making the leap, like Cabán did, directly from public defender to DA, to say that the people closest to those suffering in the criminal-justice system should actually run it. Now, undoubtedly, more will."
YES! ✊🏽
Since 6/1/20, Denver has had health experts handling low-level incidents, like trespassing & mental health episodes, instead of armed cops. In 1st 6 months, they responded to 748 calls. None required police or led to arrests or jail time.
We can do this.
Y’all. You can’t make this shit up. NYPD just testified what they do w youth programming $ they get. They said they pass some to CBO’s to create and manage activities & use some of it to pay overtime to officers to attend the programming.
JUST GIVE THE $ DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITIES!
TODAY IS THE DAY! Queens residents: polls are open 6am-9pm.
Find your pollsite here:
Volunteer here:
Have an issue? Call our voter protection hotline at 718-313-0196 or email vote [at] cabanforqueens [dot] com
Happy voting! 🗳
We have schools w/o after school programs. Libraries reducing open hours. Folks going hungry w/o their snap benefits…but we good spending $750,000 on robot dogs to expand our police state & terrorize neighbors.
Show me your budget and I’ll show you your values.
This is now the benchmark. Clear
@BernieSanders
understands stability equals public safety. His platform shows a true commitment to divesting from our carceral system & investing in our communities. 🔥
Can’t wait to see more of the field’s plans!
The changes we are fighting for will mean a fairer and more equitable and more effective criminal justice system.
That doesn't come at the cost of safety—it is the source of safety.
Some good news:
@NYGovCuomo
set to release 1,100 people incarcerated for technical violations of parole.
#COVID19
Thank you to all the advocates & organizers who kept the pressure on! This will save lives. Now it’s time to
#FreeOurElders
and grant clemencies across the state.
Panteleo has finally been fired.
Let’s be clear though - this was the bare minimum that
#EricGarner
’s family deserved. That our communities deserved. The work isn’t done either. Every single officer involved needs to be held accountable.
I wear a mask while shopping. And it’s not so I can shoplift. I wear a mask because I give a damn about public health and it’s a very easy and small thing I can do to protect myself and other immunocompromised neighbors. This Mayor. 🤦🏽♀️
“And when you see these mask wearing people, oftentimes it's not about being fearful of the pandemic. It's fearful of the police catching [them] for their deeds,”
@NYCMayor
says he’s going to talk to Mayors across the US to come up with a national plan to tackle retail theft.
There’s no denying
@JulianCastro
is an important voice in this race. Centering communities of color, saying the names of black trans womxn, calling police violence gun violence - he belongs on the
#DemDebate
stage.
As I watch tonight, I’ll also be following
#Juli
ánDebates
Here's the deal, Folks:
Bernie is NOT the enemy.
Warren is NOT the enemy.
Biden is NOT the enemy.
Klobuchar is NOT the enemy.
Buttigieg is NOT the enemy.
Steyer is NOT the enemy.
Bloomberg is NOT the enemy.
TRUMP IS THE ENEMY.
Everything else is noise.
FOCUS.
“You do you” isn’t good public health policy in a continuing pandemic. Not cute either. Call it what it is. Encouraging rugged individualism that ignores public health concerns & leaves immunocompromised & other vulnerable folks at risk. We should look out for each other.
#maskup
The NYPD spent $175,000,000 of *our* money to meet people protesting police violence w more police violence.
All while the city imposed hiring freezes at hospitals during a pandemic, couldn’t equip all kids w tech needed for virtual school, & left people w/o access to food.
As public defenders in NYC, these are some of the 1st cases you ever pick up. I’ve represented dozens of folks accused of selling churros, elote, hats, scarves, etc. All just trying to make a living. It’s past time to decrimalize poverty.
State Senator Julia Salazar, whose district includes the Broadway Junction subway stop, said the video shows officers “criminalizing” a person who was trying to make a living
The result is a reminder white supremacy isn’t the rot, it’s literally the whole damn foundation.And there’s so much pain in knowing a guilty verdict wouldn’t bring us closer to “justice” either. It sacrifices an individual to legitimize & prop up a system that’s killing us all.
To every young person, woman, and queer person, every black and brown person thinking about running — who doesn’t have the money or support or know where to start: We need you to run.
Round after round of budget cuts for education, public health, sanitation, parks, and homeless services… but an endless abundance of money for surveillance tech grifters.
We need to get serious about public safety and start investing in mental health and affordable housing.
NEW: The NYPD is gearing up to pilot metal detectors with artificial intelligence in the subways to keep guns out.
“This is our Sputnik moment. Like when Kennedy said we’re going to put a man on the moon,” Mayor Adams said just now.
Yooo. I see you
@ewarren
.
“I’d like to talk about who we’re running against. A billionaire who calls women fat broads & horse faced lesbians, & not talking about Trump, I’m talking about Bloomberg. Dems take huge risk if we just substitute 1 arrogant billionaire for another.” 🔥
.
@JulianCastro
, thank you. Thank you for centering black & brown folks, immigrants & our LGBTQIA+ communities. For calling police violence gun violence. For saying the names of Black trans women & so much more.
Your voice will be missed in this race.
Amy Klobuchar is being considered by Joe Biden for attorney general, according to reports.
In 2018, Klobuchar introduced legislation to dramatically increase the budget for a key cop-hiring program created by Biden’s 1994 crime bill.
A judge who dared call a cop out for lying under oath is being removed from the bench.
Some truth: the ppl calling for bail rollbacks & more discretion for judges are the same ppl who’ll remove judges for using their discretion to discredit lying cops.
I was the first in my family to go to college. I was the first to go to law school. Stages like this were not made for people like me. We built the spaces. We drove change.
The Mayor is telling us we don’t have money for our libraries or for 3k, but we do have money for the Dept of Corrections to purchase *sub-machine guns.*
Think about that.
The NYC Department of Correction is buying more than $90,000 in high-powered sub-machine guns for officers at Rikers Island.
The purchase follows budget cuts where the department eliminated $17 million in job training and social services for detainees.
Every photo op of cops cleaning graffiti, giving out food, & yes, seemingly wholesome shit like removing bees is meant to be a distraction.
Doesn’t change inherent violence of policing. Other workers can & should be doing these jobs. It’s the city’s job to fund that workforce.
Prosecutors in L.A. and San Joaquin counties announced plans to automatically dismiss or reduce some 54,000 marijuana-related convictions, part of a growing movement to offer a clean slate to Californians hamstrung by their past now that pot is legal.
I’m emphatically pro-Union. PBA isn’t part of the labor movement. Unions are meant to combat oppression, not fight for the ability to violently oppress. What other “union” uses bargaining power to ensure their workers arent accountable for misconduct that literally kills people.
@sweetiyaggi
@CMDebiRose
save your phone calls, i will never denounce a UNION. I don't care whether you like them or not, all WORKING MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE BODY POLITIC.
Whether you supported Bernie or any other candidate throughout the primary, know that there is a home for you in our campaign. You're not just welcome — you're needed. And I will do everything I can to earn your vote this November.
At yesterday’s hearing I asked what the Admin is doing to make it safe for people in NYC & coming from out of state to obtain abortion care. I was disturbed when their answer was “partnering with NYPD.” Members of the public testified after that cops don’t make them feel safe. 🧵
NYPD threatening to arrest clinic defenders for “blocking pedestrian traffic” knowing full well the “pedestrian traffic” being blocked are religious zealots trying to harass patients seeking medical care.
“To get to our students, you have to get through us.”
Incredibly inspiring courage and solidarity from these professors, and a perfect emblem of why the right wing is dead set on defunding CUNY.
Diversity won’t save us. Body cameras won’t save us. Dressings on an irredeemable, barbaric system hell bent on the violent maintenance of order, control and domination masquerading as the only possible stewards of safety. One of the greatest lies ever told.
Defund and abolish.
Actually, empirical evidence shows that implementing decriminalization and supporting harm reduction strategies like safe consumption sites reduces overdose deaths by upwards of 30%. So yes, decriminalization of drugs literally saves lives.