This is something I've seen hinted at but I wanted to say this more clearly:

POTENTIALLY DEADLY FORCE SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR MINOR CRIMES

"Counterfeit money" is not a crime that should EVER result in death, for example. I can't believe I actually have to say that; it's such a perverted system.

Opinion of an admin: I think the legalization of drugs should also play a huge role with the demands. How many people are in jail because of possession and sale and manufacturing of drugs? The war on drugs would really be a contender for the throne of what has done the most damage to society.

Drugs have literally been a part of society since....forever. It doesn't make sense to treat them like we do now.

"First of all there needs to be a largely unarmed emergency service that can arrive to de-escalate violent crime or crisises instead of just showing up to kill or brutalize whoever is present like the police currently do. Almost like a squad of social workers.

Otherwise, local areas should be empowered to largely police themselves by a democratic process (with some oversight so a majority can't engage in discriminatory policies). If "peace officers" were actually respected, known, and trusted by the people they were policing instead of outside occupiers interactions between citizens and police could be much less hostile. With this I assume a lot of non violent offences (like drugs ect.) would be decriminalized as well."

"On the question of what demands should look like / how to get rid of police: Identify things that the cops currently do and find other people in society that can fulfill that need in a better way, both economically and morally. For example, cops NEVER respond to a mental health crisis, so we look at how money cops spend doing that and we TAKE THAT SHIT and give it to medical professionals to be first responders. Rinse and repeat for all the absolute bullshit cops do every day."

"Honestly yeah legalizing drugs & doing more to rehabilitate addicts from a whole person perspective - not just churning them out after 30 days would help. The drug rehabilitation ring is pretty fucked up too since recidivism is highly profitable. There’s a whole dark side to that which I could rant about a long time. Most of the charges I see are low level drug charges. What’s even the point except to make people suffer unnecessarily."

#Seattle Protestors still in the streets, hearing intent of arrest crews to embark. live stream https://www.twitch.tv/woke

#Seattle Protestors under attack

PROFIT IS EXPLOITATION
PROFIT IS PROBLEMATIC
CAPITALISM IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

And say it louder for the people in the back.

#Seattle Arrests have been authorized, rubber bullets and gas have been dispersed at various points today.

Does anyone have a big old list of local telegram channels/groups for the protests? I'd love to amplify them!

@BLMProtestsBot

https://twitter.com/lifes_ajournee/status/1268044856351391745?s=20 This is fucking disgusting

#Seattle "would like to get a camera so I can get some photos of the objects thrown at us". This is after they began using rubber bullets and tear gas on a peaceful crowd and turned off body cams at that time. They also were using strobe lights on people who were streaming from their balconies, and cleared people off their own roofs to position snipers. Be weary of police trying to use body cams to THEIR advantage!

#Seattle Petition to cut SPD budget by 50% by COVID-19 Mutual Aid group - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLx0UBq_-FmE6YQPgG2aGSmNOI7_LCjpGiNGH4HSq2nWpGSA/viewform