The life of George Floyd mattered.
michele greco
Let us use our enraged energy to mandate change.
WE MUST REQUIRE OUR ELECTED representativeS TO act now to MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
REACH OUT TO ALL OF THEM, SENATORS, GOVERNORS & MAYORS
AND REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING. (feel free to cut & paste)
Please work immediately to:
Pass a law requiring that all allegations of police abuse or brutality be investigated by an outside independent agency. Make it illegal for allegations of police abuse and brutality to be investigated by local prosecutors.
Put a federal law in place which provides a standard definition of excessive force by a police officer.
Mandate the release of the disciplinary records of any police officer under investigation.
If you do not take action on these initiatives are I will vote you out.
Sign the petition put together by The Action PAC and call to have your voice heard.
THE FOLLOWING RESOURCE LIST IS REPOSTED FROM HARPERS BAZAAR CULTURE & POLITICS:
DONATE
Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, has started a GoFundMe to assist his family in their time of grief and need. DONATE HERE
The Minnesota Freedom Fund, a grassroots organization currently working with the National Lawyers Guild and the Legal Rights Center, will use donations to bail out arrested protestors and to supply those on the field. DONATE HERE
Reclaim the Block, a grassroots organization based in Minneapolis, will use funds to address community needs. DONATE HERE
Black Visions Collective, which is based in Minnesota, focuses its work on transformative justice in the state. DONATE HERE
North Star Health Collective is a group of street medics, radical health organizers, and community health trainers based in Minneapolis and St. Paul, and will use funds for gear and medical supplies on the field. DONATE HERE
Organizers in Louisville, Kentucky–the city that Breonna Taylor lived in–have created a community bail fund for protestors. DONATE HERE
CONTACT MINNEAPOLIS REPRESENTATIVES
Contact Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to demand justice. You can also call his office at 612-673-2100. REACH OUT HERE
Demand County Attorney Mike Freeman charge the officers with murder by calling him at 612-348-5550.
SIGN PETITIONS
Color of Change's petition demands that Frey block the involved officers from receiving their pensions and ban them from being able to become police officers again, as well as demands that Freeman charge the officers with murder.
You can also text "FLOYD" to 55156 to sign the petition.
Another petition posted on Change.org is also trying to get the attention of Frey and Freeman. It currently has more than two million signatures and is aiming for at least three million.