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In July/August 2018, Colorado Freedom Fund paid over $20,000 to post bonds and buy freedom for 22 people from Arapahoe County jail. And yes, that’s the jail where I’m set to serve 30-90 days.
Please follow/support @FreedomFundCO. Our work continues whether I’m in a cage or not.
Please follow/support @FreedomFundCO. Our work continues whether I’m in a cage or not.
If ever there were a time to try and make good from bad, this has gotta be it. I was convicted in 2015, appealed, fought hard as I cld for 3 years—still fighting with jail 36 hours away.
We can’t buy my freedom. But you can support @FreedomFundCO & help our people get/stay free.
We can’t buy my freedom. But you can support @FreedomFundCO & help our people get/stay free.
Black people and allies have been buying each others freedom since we were first brought to this country.
The Colorado Freedom Fund @FreedomFundCO is just one of many teams collaborating to #EndMoneyBail in the U.S.
Support a bail/bond fund near you:
brooklynbailfund.org/nbfn-directory
The Colorado Freedom Fund @FreedomFundCO is just one of many teams collaborating to #EndMoneyBail in the U.S.
Support a bail/bond fund near you:
brooklynbailfund.org/nbfn-directory
#FreeThemAll THREAD 1/ We see how the courts often target survivors of abuse. Leena, a young Black mother, fled her apartment after being attacked by her abusive partner. He called police & accused her of assaulting him & Leena was arrested, despite having been assaulted herself
2/ Leena was brought to court & formally charged with felony assault. The judge set $2500 bail that Leena could not afford, so Leena was sent to Rikers Island for two weeks. She had recently been hit by a car, out of work and living in a shelter, so $2500 was impossible to raise
3/ Even when her case was dropped to a misdemeanor and bail reduced to $750, hundreds of dollars--and her freedom--were still out of reach. It was a few days before Thanksgiving and she needed to get out to see her kids. She was brought to court and offered a choice:
(THREAD) There are a lot of great things you can do to support people on the front lines of fights to #KeepFamiliesTogether, #StopSeparation, #EndDetention, #DefundHate, #AbolishICE, and #AbolishCBP.
One of the best places to give $$$ is to a community bond fund.
One of the best places to give $$$ is to a community bond fund.
Bond and bail funds don't have many overhead costs, so all or nearly all of your donations directly benefit impacted families. 100% of $$$ given to our Fronterizo Fianza Fund go towards paying bonds and small commissary/telephone deposits. fianzafund.org/about-the-fund…
Immigrant bond funds are doing great work. @eicommunitybond is working to free every person arrested during recent workplace raids in Iowa holaamericanews.com/iowa-city-orga…
These types of announcements are happening with more frequency as bail has become emblematic of the deep and entrenched injustices in our criminal legal system. While they are lauded as “huge reforms”, these commitments are anything but - 1/9 bit.ly/2qUq1rq
It’s actually NOT OK to use bail for any reason other than to ensure someone comes to court in MA. Bail statute says that and the SJC (our highest court) says that. ADA Ryan however, says she’s going to continue to request that people are held on bail to keep us all safe. 2/9
If we were concerned about safety, we would be having a much harder conversation @ poverty, housing , substance abuse tx and mental health tx. Instead, DAs and “reformers” tell us that locking people up, before they are convicted of any crime, keeps us safer. 3/9
