It’s statistically harder be a person of color in Hillsborough County, report finds https://t.co/uR0mGx2Wjm

NEW: According to data requested by @cl_tampabay, just 153 of the 920 officers with @Tampapd actually live within city limits, that's just 17%. https://t.co/bSEgImU4vV

We don’t just organize for elections - we organize to support each other and create community. . Join us as we teach essential organizing skills this fall like creating a childcare collective, organizing your workplace to protect from COVID, and more.

Biking While Black thread because after 5+ years it is still incredibly relevant and important - especially with all of the ongoing CRB discussions. It also is just outstanding advocacy/data/reporting

Cops who can't be put on the witness stand shouldn't be on the street. Why? Think about it. If one of them witnesses a violent crime & makes an arrest, that violent criminal will go free because there's only one witness and his testimony can't be used. h…

The mayor added $13 million to the police budget and started off her presentation on Thursday saying “we will be investing not divesting” so yea, she hasn’t heard a damn thing we’ve been SCREAMING in the streets this summer. The blatant disregard is not only…

Tampa Police arrested three people for spray painting over the illegal 'Back the Mural' last night https://t.co/R2z2eINTCl

Last summer, a Tampa man was violently arrested by TPD. His head was bashed against the hood of a car, his hair was pulled, and his legs were repeatedly beaten with a baton to the point he could barely walk. None of it was in the police report. https://t.co/tyvLyEvmpD…

“Knees in my back, knee on my neck. I could not breathe, I was screaming for my life. It’s the only time in my life I actually feared for my life” They brutalized him because he asked if they could sanitize the blood pressure cuff before putting it on him.…

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Today, I joined fellow Mayors and Police Chiefs to unveil the @usmayors Report on Policing and Racial Injustice. Transparency is paramount between the community and our police departments.

Call these numbers and call for the defunding of the TPD! @TampaPD just used the same “restraint" technique that killed George Floyd on a peaceful protestor causing her to go to the hospital for her injuries. Instead of defunding this PD Jane wants to increase…