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Eugene Goodman is a police officer and veteran, but after facing down a mob of rioters storming the Capital, many are referring to him as a hero. For 85 tense seconds on Jan. 6, Goodman tried to hold back dozens of rioters, according to the video, twice retreating up a flight of stairs. Police experts say he wasn’t fleeing, but luring the mob away from the Senate chambers, where lawmakers were sheltering and armed officers including one with a semiautomatic weapon were ...securing the doors.washingtonpost.com Link to article: https://rb.gy/wleqby #eugenegoodman #dc

Law enforcement identified Richard Barnett of Arkansas as the man seen in photos sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's vandalized office.nbcnews.com Link to article: https://rb.gy/ukm7xe Photo credit: Sau Loeb / AFP - Getty Images... #washingtondc #nancypelosi #arkansas

1 person shot in the Capital Building by law enforcement. #Capitalupdate #uscapital

The union, which represents about 800 prosecutors, sought a court order that would compel Gascón to rescind the directives and declare them invalid and illegal, as well as a temporary restraining order that would bar Gascón and his administration from enforcing the directives. Gascón said in a statement Wednesday that voters had endorsed his promise to renounce sentencing enhancements, which he argued only drive recidivism and create more victims of crime in the long run. Gascón said he was extending to his deputies a sincere invitation to join me in making these much-needed changes changes that would require some fine-tuning and a tolerance for change.latimes.com #losangeles #georgegascón

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Pro-Trump protesters break into the Capital Building

The United States Capitol building is in lockdown after hundreds of supporters of President Trump stormed the barricades surrounding its perimeter and were met with police who used pepper spray during Wednesday’s historic joint session of Congress which was convened to ratify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The supporters of the president arrived at the Capitol after listening to a speech by President Trump and his supporters, including personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, ...who called for a 'trial by combat' in contesting the election results. Multiple police officers were injured just outside of the Capitol after violent clashes with supporters of the president who tried to approach the steps of the building.dailymail.co.uk #capitalbuilding

Lisa Montgomery, 52, was executed by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, and pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. Wednesday. Montgomery was the first woman to be executed by the federal government since 1953 and was the only woman on death row. Montgomery was sentenced to death in 2008 by a Missouri jury for the 2004 murder of a pregnant woman, cutting the fetus out and kidnapping it. The baby survived.cnn.com... Link to article: https://rb.gy/ofsgth #missouri

Trump makes history as the first president to be impeached twice. This time for ‘incitement of insurrection’. #trump #DC

Jaaye Person-Lynn, an attorney, was racially profiled by deputy in court. After he was shoved out of court without provocation, he was taxed and charged.

Ohio National Guard members covering shifts for COVID-positive guards in state prisons are receiving just a single day of formal training before interacting with prisonersa fraction of the training for regular corrections officers. And some are using force even with so little training. We had basically no training, we really just kind of got thrown into the fire, one guard member said. Typically a corrections officer in Ohio receives 40 hours of orientation training and 1...60 hours of classroom and physical skills trainingor about 5 weeks of instructionalong with another two weeks of on-the-job training, the state said. Guard members, by contrast, are guarding prisoners after only a one-day, 12-hour orientation at the state Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections’ (ODRC) academy, and two days shadowing an officer on the job, the department confirmed in an email.themarshallproject.org #ohio #nationalguard #prison

Another one walks free #kenosha #policebrutality #jacobblake

California Representative Maxine Waters votes to impeach President Trump

Images from the Capital on Jan. 6, 2021. *UTP does not own these images #washingtondc

Designer who went viral for prison fashion show punished with months of solitary confinement, according to mother. ‘"He did 30 days in solitary confinement for it," Stanley's mother said. With the Tier 2 move, Stanleyalso known as Atlanta Santana and 2500shodis said to be facing nine months of solitary confinement after being charged for alleged "attempt to aid in escape" and "altering state property" violations in connection with making clothing using dental floss and a p...aper clip.’complex.com A petition has been launched to remove the attempt to aid and escape charge given to him along with 9 months of solitary confinement for creating a clothing line while incarcerated and going viral at https://rb.gy/sbkfn8 #georgia #prisonfashionshow

Officials say one woman was shot by a Capitol Police officer on Wednesday, amid the chaos near the House chamber where lawmakers were sheltering in place. She later died from the injury. The agency identified the woman as Ashli Babbitt. Three other people two men in their 50s and one woman in her 30s died after separate medical emergencies, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said during a news conference.npr.org Link to article: h...ttps://rb.gy/dk8oxp #washingtondc

In honor of Veterans Day, Unite the People’s office will be closed today. We will remain our normal business hours tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Trump addresses his supporters who've stormed the Capital, telling them to go home after he continues to deny election results. This video, posted on the President’s Twitter, has been flagged as disputed. #Washington,DC #capital

1 person shot in the Capital Building by law enforcement, according to NBC News. #Capitalupdate #uscapital

19-year-old charged with supplying 17-year-old the gun used in the Kenosha protest shooting. Dominick Black, of Kenosha, faces two felony counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a minor, causing death, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kenosha County Circuit Court. If he's found guilty, he faces up to 6 years in prison per count.nbcnews.com #Kenosha

An update on the Coronavirus in California provided by Gov. Newsom via Twitter. #california

Private prison stocks drop after Biden is projected to be next president. Private prison companies have taken a financial hit in the past week as President-elect Joe Biden’s win became apparent. Stock prices for the country’s two largest prison companies, the GEO Group and CoreCivic, have fallen 14 percent and 19 percent respectively since Election Day.motherjones.com Link to article: https://www.motherjones.com//11/private-prison-biden-sto/

After the passage of Measure J for Los Angeles Countywhich would require investments be made into the community and incarceration alternativesit is time to make sure the voices of Los Angelenos are heard. #losangeles #measurej

Robbie Hall is a 58-year-old survivor of sexual violence who has been incarcerated for 35 years. She has been eligible for parole since 1996 and has yet another parole hearing coming up this March. We are raising funds for a parole attorney who she’s worked with before and who she knows will advocate for her freedom. If you would like to help Ms. Hall raise funds for a parole attorney, please visit https://chuffed.org/project/robbie-hall-survival-and-release #robbiehall #CIW #california

... The reshuffling will reduce the size of the vaunted but troubled Metropolitan Division, as well as cut the air support, robbery and homicide and gang and narcotics divisions. The department also will reduce desk hours at its stations, cut special deployments in popular areas such as Venice and Hollywood, and stop staffing teams that cover homelessness issues.latimes.com #losangeles #lapd #defundthepolice

President-elect Joe Biden unveiling plans for a free Coronavirus vaccine. #joebiden #coronavirus

In a leaked phone call with Georgia’s Secretary of State, Trump is heard saying : "All I want to do is this ... I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state, prompting requests for an investigation into whether the President violated state laws.

Joe Biden is announced to be our next president. #joebiden #BidenHarris2020 #2020election

In the aftermath, The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Warner was "not on our radar" prior to the bombing. But a Metro Nashville Police Department report from August 2019 shows that local and federal authorities were aware of alleged threats he had made.Tennessean.com #nashville #christmasbombing

Confined to small and overcrowded spaces, the incarcerated population is amongst the highest at risk of being infected by COVID-19. The CDCR has to do better to protect our loved ones who should be serving their time, not a death sentence. #california #cdcr #covid-19

In the November edition of the Journal of Public Economics, Aurélie Ouss, assistant professor of criminology at the University of Pennsylvania, found reforms implemented in California in the mid-1990s that increased the cost for counties to incarcerate children lead to a significant drop in children being sent to juvenile prisons. California lawmakers passed Senate Bill 681, or juvenile justice realignment, in 1996. Prior to the reform, counties paid a flat fee of $25 per ...month to incarcerate a child. The new law created a sliding scale, which required that counties pay between $150 a month to incarcerate children convicted of the most serious offenses like murder or armed robbery to $2,600 a month for parole violations or misdemeanor convictions. Upon its adoption in August, the law resulted in an almost immediate drop in new admissions to youth facilities: The likelihood that a child would be incarcerated in a state juvenile prison fell by more than 40 percent during the four years following the reform.the appeal.org Link to article: https://theappeal.org/shifting-incarceration-costs-to-coun/ #prison #california #schoolsnotprisons

An update on the election. Courtesy of foxnews.com #electionday2020

Before ballot counting has officially concluded, Trump vows to legally challenge states that voted for Biden. #2020election #USA #Trump

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In February 2019, Nijeer Parks was accused of shoplifting candy and trying to hit a police officer with a car at a Hampton Inn in Woodbridge, N.J. The police had identified him using facial recognition software, even though he was 30 miles away at the time of the incident. Mr. Parks spent 10 days in jail and paid around $5,000 to defend himself. In November 2019, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. In all three cases, the people mistakenly identified by the technolo...gy have been Black men.nytimes.com Link to article: https://www.nytimes.com//facial-recognition-misidentify-ja #newjersey #nijeerparks

California rejects Prop 25. "Prop. 25 will be even more-discriminatory against African-Americans, Latinos and other minorities. Computer models may be good for recommending songs and movies, but using these profiling methods to decide who gets released from jail or who gets a loan has been proven to hurt communities of color, Alice Huffman, President, California State Conference of the NAACP, wrote in the official ballot argument against the measure. #prop25 #cashbail #california

LA County DA George Gascón on the ineffectiveness of sentence enhancements

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday shot down a Democratic bid to answer President Donald Trump's call for increased direct coronavirus payments to Americans, but the measure's ultimate fate in the GOP-controlled chamber is unclear.nbcnews.com #covid_19 #mitchmcconnell

The ballot measure voted on Tuesday would have increased penalties for repeat shoplifters and members of organized theft rings, and collected DNA samples from adults convicted of some misdemeanors.latimes.com

This is video of Friday Morning’s explosion recorded by an MNPD camera at 2nd Ave N & Commerce St.@MNPDNashville #nashville #Christmas #thisisterrorism

$600 is not only insufficient to cover the months we’ve been subjected to live in this pandemic, but it’s an embarrassing reminder of how out-of-touch our politicians are with everyday people.

The 13 cities include Austin, Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Portland, Philadelphia, Hartford (CT), Norman (OK), and Salt Lake City. Link to article: https://www.google.com//at-least-13-cities-are-defund/amp/ #defundthepolice

***CW: Violence, police*** Police in Harvey, Illinois arrest security guard Robert Undraitis, 60, of Calumet City, after he punches a handcuffed arrestee. #illinois

Unite the People really appreciated the opportunity to help out in the giving out of warm clothes to the homeless vets and disadvantaged community in compton California at the VFW. Really humbling experience. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CI_sgiOgqBQ/

Democrats are backing Mr. Trump's request for $2,000 checks but it's not clear how many Republicans will join in because the proposal for bigger payouts would cost an estimated $530 billion, or about $385 billion more than what Congress approved with the $600 checks, according to Heights Securities.cbsnews.com #Trump #stimuluscheck

California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state’s next U.S. senator, a historic pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the state’s history.ktla.com #california

Police agencies across the state upheld just 49 racial profiling complaints from 2016 to 2019, less than 2% of the roughly 3,500 allegations filed, a Times analysis of California Department of Justice statistics found.latimes.com #california #police

As of Thursday, 11,131 inmates in the Valley’s nine prisons have been infected and 17 inmates have died in the past nine months since the virus first arrived. A total of 104 prisoners in California have died from the virus as of Thursday. Nine thousand two hundred and sixty-three correctional staffers tested positive and ten have died statewide, according to state data.Fresnobee.com #prison #covid_19

An evaluation of the Riverside County Police Dept. courtesy of Campaign Zero. To look up your county’s evaluation, visit policescorecard.org. #campaignzero #policereform #riverside

**CW: violence** The man in the video being brutalized by Riverside county police is Ernie Serrano, 33. Unfortunately, he didn’t survive this attack. According to cnn, After deputies took Serrano into custody they "noticed that he appeared to have stopped breathing. The brutality by the hands of those who are supposed to keep our cities safe has to stop, regardless of any alleged crime Mr. Serrano may have committed, he should still have his life today. ... #justiceforernieserrano #riversidecalifornia

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on pandemic relief package agreement, filmed last week. Today: A second round of stimulus checks will soon be landing in the bank accounts of millions of Americans, thanks to the $900 billion economic relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to on December 20. But there are some significant differences this round, including the amount: $600 per person, half of the $1,200 directed toward most adults in the first round of stimulu...s checks.cbsnews.com Video courtesy of @senatemajldr #covidrelief #mitchmcconnell

PASSING OUT HOODIES AND SOCKS TO THE HOMELESS VETERANS AND TOY DRIVE FOR THE HOMELESS KIDS AT THE COMPTON VFW.

From an opinion piece from The Washington Post: Over the past several decades, immigration detention in essence, incarcerating those awaiting a determination of their immigration status or potential deportation has become our nation’s newest system of mass incarceration for Black and Brown people. Rather than perpetuating this costly and cruel system, the Biden administration can immediately take action to curtail it without any new laws from Congress, with the goal of phasing out mass detention. Link to article: https://www.google.com//biden-end-ice-de/%3foutputType=amp #ICE #Biden #endincarceration

The following text is the exchange between officers after the shooting of Bay Area resident Sean Monterrosa, 22, as reported by The New Yorker: Do not move! the officers yelled, training their weapons on Monterrosa, who lay limp on the pavement in a pool of blood. Two of them reached down and rolled him over, revealing a hammer sticking out of his pocket. Oh, fuck, Tonn exclaimed.... You’re good, man, an officer said. The officers cuffed Monterrosa. Fucking stupid! Tonn shouted. He kicked the truck. This is not what I fucking needed tonight, he told a captain. I thought that fucking axe was a gun. Calm down, the captain said. Take some deep breaths. Tonn inhaled deep and slow. You’re going to be all right, the captain said. We’ve been through this before. Link to article: https://www.newyorker.com//how-a-deadly-police-force-ruled This slain young man and his family deserve justice! #seanmonterrosa #endpolicebrutality #Vallejo

"I'm so happy, man. I got to be with my family last night once I was released, and I can't explain it. I'm so happy," Fate Winslow told CBS News. Link to article: https://www.google.com//louisiana-man-marijuana-charge-li/ #louisiana #prison #marijuana

When I reflect back on that day, I recognize the potential health and safety concerns and should have been more diligent in ensuring that our employees were wearing face coverings at all times and physically distancing, Chief Robert Luna said in a statement emailed to the Daily News. *The first picture is the official image in which most officers wore masks. Link to article: https://www.google.com//Pictures-hundreds-maskless-cops-ga... #longbeach #police #covid19

Los Angeles Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer proposes new legislation that would require peace officers to have either a bachelor’s degree or be at least 25-years-old in an effort to reduce excessive force incidences. #losangeles #endpolicebrutality

I’m somewhat troubled by the misinformation and the fear mongering LA County DA George Gascón responds to the criticism over new policy changes. #endenhancements #losangeles #georgegascón

Investigation by office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren finds American Correctional Association prison audits are corrupt. Incarcerating and detaining millions of people for profit perverts our criminal and immigration systems and disproportionately harms Black and Brown people ... This investigation shows that the American Correctional Association, the nation’s largest accreditor of federal prisons and detention facilities, is rife with corruption and that the federal government ...should end its reliance on ACA’s deeply-flawed accreditation process and ban private prisons.Warren said in a statement to motherjones.com Link to article: https://www.motherjones.com//exclusive-elizabeth-warren-p/ #ACA #prison #privateprisonsareslavery

Tomiekia Johnson’s daughter writes to Governor Newsom asking for her mother’s clemency: I am a teenager who is 13 years old. It might be odd for you to hear this from a child. You might not know but I am a fighter and I am someone who gets the job done. I am writing to give you a good thought in mind about my mother, Tomeikia Johnson, who was a victim of Domestic Violence and who is behind bars for something she didn’t mean to do and because she was protecting herself.survivedandpunished.org Link to article: https://survivedandpunished.org//tomiekia-johnsons-daught/ #tomiekiajohnson

Welcome home Mr. Walter Forbes. Forbes, 63, became a free man on Nov. 20, more than 37 years after his conviction, after the prosecution’s star witness admitted fabricating her story and evidence surfaced that the fire may have been part of an insurance fraud scheme orchestrated by the apartment building owner, which led to a retrial, according to documents filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. It felt like all the possibilities that I was working on all those years were... coming to fruition, Forbes said. I didn’t think it would take that long, but patience paid off.usatoday.com Link to article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/6537810002 #detroit #freedom #prison

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulates Biden/Harris on their win of the United States presidency. Video courtesy of CBS. #2020election #washingtondc #mitchmcconnell

Hilary Clinton on the electoral college. #electoralcollege

Your bubble is not as safe as you think it is. 1 in 100 people in LA County are currently infected with Covid-19. Don’t gather and wear your face covering whenever you are outside your house@lapublichealth

The Electoral College voted Monday to cement President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in this year's presidential election. The ballots were cast throughout the day by individual electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and they mirror their state's popular vote.CNBC.com #2020election

The coronavirus vaccine arrives in California. #vaccine #losangeles

The inmates, who the program calls "brothers in blue," raised more than $30,000 from inside the prison to create a scholarship for student Sy Green -- helping him graduate this year and attend college at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco. "Regardless of the poor choices that people make, most people want to take part in something good," said Jason Bryant, a former inmate who was instrumental in launching the scholarship. "Guys were eager to do it."cnn.com #prison #sanfrancisco

The death penalty is barbaric. If it’s illegal to take someone’s life, it should be completely illegal to take someone’s life. 1st Photo credit: The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., seen in August. (Michael Conroy/AP) #AbolishTheDeathPenalty

Gov. Newsom criticized by small business owners after investigation reveals companies founded by him received nearly $3 Million in Paycheck Protection Program loans. Link to article: https://www.google.com//plumpjack-management-group/8653462 #california

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus have filed damages claims against Governor Gavin Newsom, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and CDCR Secretary Kathleen Allison on behalf of four people who were formerly incarcerated in California prisons but were transferred to the custody of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) instead of being released back to their loved ones and communities.aclunc.org #california #abolishice

Instead of treating the incarcerated as lab rats, a conversation needs to be had about what’s best for them with them. (This post is neither pro- nor anti- coronavirus vaccine, but pro-incarcerated individuals having a say in their lives. ) #covidvacccine #incarceration

The story behind the death of #caseygoodson. Apparently, there is no body camera footage because members of that fugitive task force don’t wear body cameras. #thishastostop

Trump refuses to accept the election results; he now wants to join a lawsuit against the swing states he lost. Trump, defeated by President-elect Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 election, filed a motion with the court asking the nine justices to let him intervene and become a plaintiff in the suit filed on Tuesday by Republican-governed Texas against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. If the justices let Trump join the lawsuit, it would create the extraordinary circumst...ance of a sitting U.S. president asking the top American court to decide that the millions of votes cast in the four states did not count.Reuters.com #Trump #Texas #2020

After it was alleged that a DJ Vlad interview helped indict New York rapper Casanova on racketeering charges, people took to social media to accuse the journalist of working with the FBI. While these reports appear to be unfounded, the situation begs the question: Are rappers incriminating themselves in DJ Vlad interviews? #hiphop #prison #djvladtv #casanova

What’s happening to our loved ones in prison is unacceptable. Subjecting them to this mysterious and deadly virus is cruel and unusual. #decarcerate

If you will be in the Monterey area, please join in on the protest at CTF Soledad Prison. CDCR has failed in providing safe and healthy conditions for our loved ones! They continuously neglect to follow their own rules & guidelines. Their lives matter!!! Mask required #ctfsoledad #covid_19 #protest

An alert from the state was sent to Southern California resident reminding them of the stay-at-home orders. More than 1 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus in just the past five days, pushing the country past 14.9 million cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. One model used by the White House shows the death toll could hit 3,000 a day by mid-January.ktla.com #SoCal #stayhome #coronavirus

District Attorney George Gascón makes big changes after taking office in Los Angeles. #losangeles

This country needs real change, not politicians kneeling in Kente cloth. #defundthepolice

On Dec. 10, Brandon Bernard is scheduled to be executed. If the execution goes forward, he will die for acting as an accomplice in a crime that happened when he was 18. Five of the nine surviving jurors who voted 20 years ago to condemn Bernard to death now support sparing his life.huffpost.com To send a prewritten letter to Trump, please visit: https://www.helpsavebrandon.com/send-a-letter-to-president- #brandonbernard #Trump #abolishexecution

A look at the rates of the jail population over the year courtesy of @prisonpolicy. #jail #coronavirus

‘House Passes Bill To Decriminalize Marijuana’ #marijuana #capitalhill

Washington lawmakers introduced a new $908 billion coronavirus stimulus package on Tuesday that aimed to appease both Democrats and Republicans. However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., quickly rejected the bipartisan stimulus proposal hours after lawmakers introduced it. McConnell said he does hope to pass a "targeted relief bill" this year. The Republican Senator has maintained throughout the stimulus negotiations that he would prefer that the cost of a new aid package be limited to around $500 billion.cnbc.com #mitchmcconnell #stimuluscheck

From @lapublichealth #losangeles

Former Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama willing to take coronavirus vaccine on camera to boost public confidence in its safety. #clinton #bush #obama #coronavirusvaccine

CW: loud screaming, man being tased, physical aggression by police officers In this clip, from @AttorneyCrump’s Twitter, a man with possible mental health illness is tased by police after they were called to assist in a car accident. We need social workers and health care professionals to respond to those struggling with their mental health, not poorly trained police to escalate the situation. ... #endpolicebrutality