@HousingVermont. Former @AlaAppleseed, @aclu, & @AdalahCenter (Tweets represent my own opinions)
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Vermont’s homelessness crisis surpassed another record this year.
- 3,458 unhoused Vermonters in a single night
- Black Vermonters are 5.6 times more likely than white Vermonters to be unhoused
This is a political choice.
New report from @HousingVermont
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Frank Knaack retweeted
If only western media outlets could have the same courage and professional integrity as Haaretz
Their typical typical headline would be some Palestinians die mysteriously in Gaza shootings
WOW!
Israel has created kill zones in Gaza where they kill everything that moves. Many of the 9,000 terrorists Israel claims it has killed, Israeli soldiers now say, were
"civilians whose only crime was to cross an invisible line drawn by the IDF."
haaretz.com/israel-news/2024…
BREAKING: NH House votes 272 to 109 to end NH's war on marijuana!
NH's war on marijuana harms community safety, wastes taxpayer dollars, is enforced with a staggering racial bias, and ruins lives — it's time for it to end.
On to the Senate ...
#NHpolitics
Great News! The House just said no to the Dept. of Safety's attempt to expand policing & gov't surveillance on near the northern border.
Thank you to the Rs and Ds who saw through the fear-based rhetoric and did the right thing.
#nhpolitics
N.H. House strips $1.4 million Northern Border Alliance proposal of @GovChrisSununu from the budget as conservative Republicans join with all Democrats to adopt it. #nhpolitics
BREAKING: NH House passes HB639, which would legalize marijuana use by adults. Vote 234-127.
NH's war on marijuana is enforced with a staggering racial bias, does not make us safe, wastes taxpayer dollars, & ruins lives. This is great news!
#NHpolitics
What will it take for Manchester police & city leaders to stop opposing data-supported harm reduction strategies like overdose prevention centers, drug testing, & ending the criminalization of people who use drugs?
This opposition must stop.
#NHpolitics
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Attn: Manchester political leaders:
$31,065 - annual cost to criminalize a person experiencing homelessness
$10,051 - annual cost to providing supportive housing
Criminalizing poverty is not just inhumane, it is also a waste of tax $s
#NHpolitics
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Frustration over the homeless crisis in Manchester reached the boiling point this week, with one alderman suggesting Police Chief Allen Aldenberg should resign if he isn’t prepared to have officers move people and tents off downtown city sidewalks. unionleader.com/news/politic…
Overdose prevention centers save lives.
Unfortunately, NH police oppose bringing these life-saving centers to the Granite State.
It is past time for NH to embrace data-supported harm reduction programs like OPCs & end its "war on drugs" (AKA war on people).
#NHPolitics
New York City launched two supervised injection sites, in East Harlem and Washington Heights.
The result? Halting nearly 700 overdoses in just over a year.
@aubreyjwhelan reports. trib.al/AFP8FO9
Frank Knaack retweeted
New study shows 43 of the 50 most populous cities in the US spend more on police, jails, courts, etc than on health & human svcs, public health, parks & rec, etc. This spending ratio is not correlated to public safety at all.
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Opponents of legalizing marijuana for adults continue to argue that legalization will lead to ↑ youth use.
As multiple youth surveys have shown, this is not true. Here's the latest from the federally funded Monitoring the Future Survey.
#NHpolitics
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Sold to the public in the name of public safety, NH’s marijuana laws needlessly ensnare over a thousand people—disproportionately Black people—in its criminal justice system every year.
It’s time for it to end.
#nhpolitics
BIG: New Hampshire's Republican and Democratic House leaders announce that they're filing a marijuana legalization bill for 2023 that they hope will break the Senate blockade that's derailed past reform proposals.
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NH bail reform facts (since 2018):
- 1000s of people haven't been unnecessarily incarcerated
- Crime is ↓ 18%
Despite this, police leaders & their allies continue their misinformation campaign to undermine these reforms.
Read our op ed w/@AFP_NH.
#NHpolitics
“The magistrate solution, by comparison, would cost the state far less to implement but result in long-term taxpayer savings…” -@ConnollyRoss and @frankknaack in todays @UnionLeader
#NHPolitics
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Overdose prevention centers save lives. It was beyond shameful to see NH's police leaders oppose recent efforts to bring this life-saving model to NH.
NH must end its war on drugs & invest in harm reduction strategies that save lives & make our communities safer.
#NHpolitics
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Another reminder that NH must prioritize investments in true public safety (housing, transportation, mental health care, substance use treatment, etc.) & stop wasting tax $s on failed policies like the war on drugs (aka war on people).
#NHpolitics
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Jamil is an inspiring advocate and great human. Please read!
I’m a little late in sharing this Haaretz article which highlights some of my human rights advocacy work over the past 25 years with Adalah, HRW and the ACLU. The clickbait headline is not my favorite, but I hope you’ll enjoy reading the entire interview. haaretz.com/israel-news/2022…
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NH police & politicians are peddling fear about "crime" to increase support for the criminalization of poverty & war on drugs.
Here are the facts in NH since 2018 (year of bail reform):
- Overall crime: ↓18%
- Robbery: ↓46%
- Burglary: ↓49%
- Larceny: ↓18%
#NHpolitics
This important point should extend to policy debates.
It is inappropriate for police to push for laws they then enforce.
Added benefit to this: Reducing the blatant misinformation coming from NH police around bail reform, drug war, ... .
#NHpolitics
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Their endorsement criteria are pathetic, yet unsurprising
Support for:
- Qualified immunity (how police commit violence w/out accountability)
- Maintaining the failed & destructive war on drugs
Reminder that police care about power & impunity, not public safety
#NHpolitics
The Manchester Police Patrolman’s Association & Manchester Association of Police Supervisors endorse @kleavittnh in #NH01 race #NHPolitics via @AdamSextonWMUR
According to NH police, criminal activity "indicators" are:
- driving the speed limit
- driving w/ hands @ 10 & 2
- driving a rental car
- staying in lane/not passing
- smoking cigarettes
And now ... wearing a hoodie w/ the hood up
Procedural reforms won't fix this
#NHpolitics
For the second time in three years, an NH State Police drug-interdiction unit faces a lawsuit alleging a trooper violated someone's rights during a traffic stop.
My latest for @NewsGranite #nhpolitics nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-10-21/…
