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writer, storyteller, & activist facing RICO charges for #StopCopCity | they/them | nothing left but one another
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Earlier this year, I was arrested in Bartow County, Georgia for distributing flyers related to the Stop Cop City movement and the killing of environmental activist Tortuguita.
Along with two others, I was charged with felony intimidation and held without bail for weeks.
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I was arrested on June 2nd, 2020 with around 100 other protesters in Los Angeles. While I was ziptied and facing the wall, two male officers joked behind me about my gender presentation: "Do you think it's a female? Are you sure?"
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They then proceeded to start patting me down—touching my breasts and my front/back pockets, still laughing. Finally, one of them admitted," We shouldn't be doing this." Then they called over a female officer to search me. Their names are Officer Cho and Codilla of the LAPD.
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This is just a taste of the brutality that black and brown people experience with police. It is a privilege to be shocked by this. It is a privilege to be violated and humiliated for the first time. And I'm sure that my whiteness protected me in custody as it did on the street.
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I was not the only gender non conforming protestor to be called "it." There were trans/non-binary protestors divided into the 'male' and 'female' buses and deliberately misgendered. I was also not the only protestor to be sexually harassed or made uncomfortable.
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After the zip ties were cut off, I was threatened by an officer who said: "Stop it with the attitude. This is us being nice—I can make this much worse for you." In response to us advocating for our rights, they told us: "You have no rights here."
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After being held for over 4 hours—with protestors vomiting, fainting, forced to pee in their seats, losing circulation in their bruised wrists/arms—many began to advocate. We demanded access to bathrooms, water, and medical attention. We held them accountable to the law.
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This is what protestors are facing. This is the violence and harassment police have been using to silence us, wear us down, and force us off the streets. Even without rubber bullets, tear gas, and batons, they have other means of physical and emotional violence.
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We spoke up about LAPD abuse and were punished for it. They heard us begging and screaming for medical attention and chose to keep us there for 5 1/2 hours to silence us.
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The only response was an officer telling us to "stop acting like high school girls." We were held even longer, watching other buses with prisoners being processed and released. When I got off the bus, an officer said, "Now that you're acting reasonable, we let you off the bus."
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The struggle playing out in Atlanta is a fight for the future. If the state is successful in its prosectuion, then this will set a terrifying precedent going forward. No act of protest is protected, and no one is safe.
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The legal fight ahead is going to be long, exhausting, and intimidating. But I refuse to stay silent while powerful people play games with my life and attempt to criminalize the struggle for a better world. Giving in to fear is exactly what the state wants.
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With this added RICO charge, I’m facing up to 20 years in prison.
But the stakes of this fight go so far beyond the fates of me and my co-defendants. They’re making an example of us to silence dissent and send a chilling message.
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In this country, you don’t have to commit a serious crime — or a crime at all — to be struck by the full force of government repression.
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When I was finally released, I thought the worst of this nightmare was over.
Then, I was struck with a RICO indictment, which sweeps all forms of protest against Cop City, from distributing flyers to minor acts of civil disobedience, under Georgia’s anti-racketeering law.
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Today, I return to Georgia to attend my arraignment, alongside my 60 co-defendants. After court, I have to turn myself in to be booked into Fulton County Jail — facing the trauma of my unlawful imprisonment for a second time.
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Update on my experience as a
#ATL61
RICO defendant:
I was released last week after about 30-40 hours in detention, although some defendants were held longer (two are still inside).
What we went through is just a glimpse into the brutal reality of incarceration in this country.
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all of them.
@juliacdupuis
@thatbIondebrat
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I can't tell either. Which 138 genders do you claim?
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pov: you’re in a prison bus filled with women screaming “no justice, no peace” while africa by toto plays faintly in the background
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Sometimes it feels like there are no words to describe the horrors unfolding right now, from the Weelaunee forest to the Fulton County Jail.
All I can ask is for your attention. Don’t look away from what’s happening in Atlanta.
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I need your support, now more than ever.
Funds will help me (and my dog) survive while I wait for the next steps of the legal process, as well as help me cover travel and housing expenses for court.
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The scars that they leave behind are deep. Days, weeks, months, or years — any brush with the system is enough.
Nobody who goes into these places comes back the same. Some don’t get to come back at all.
This year alone, 10 people have already died in the Fulton County Jail.
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While cramped in a freezing concrete cell for more than 24 hours, I had time to reflect on the evil at the heart of the carceral system.
These jails are dark places. They tear people from their lives and throw them into a vicious cycle of violence, neglect, and exploitation.
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From the moment we stepped through the doors, it was clear that Fulton County Jail was steeped in neglect.
The cells were filthy, with no toilet paper or running water. Prisoners were left to waste away in cells for days, screaming for help with no response from the guards.
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When the guards did turn their attention on us, it only got worse.
They hurled homophobic slurs, and other verbal abuse, including sexual harassment. They denied us access to food, water, and even our legal right to use the phone to contact lawyers and advocates.
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Beyond the physical assaults and verbal abuse we witnessed and experienced, even darker things were taking place behind closed doors.
A woman in our cell described being stripped naked, beaten, held down, and pepper sprayed between her legs. She wasn’t allowed to wash it off.
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The guards started out with threats. They joked about “shutting us up” with their fists.
But soon those threats became real. A co-defendant was handcuffed and dragged into a private room. As soon as the door closed, we knew what was about to happen.
All we could do was watch.
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I have no choice but to delete my Twitter. there’s no recovering from this 😭
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holy shit i’m in
@WSJ
?? take a look for some shots of protestors across the country
As protests and vigils sparked by the killing of George Floyd spread across the U.S., demonstrators told us their motivations for getting involved
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hunger strike tomorrow to protest LAPD police violence! 24 hours in front of the mayor’s home. sponsored by BLM. bring water, masks, and solidarity ✊🏻
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I would also like to give the middle finger to everyone who has been harassing me for proof or accusing me of lying for attention—you are the reason why survivors don’t come forward. I am not the only protestor who was assaulted. how many will it take for you to believe us?
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just to add on: if you can’t go 24 hours without eating for any reason, you can still come! the more bodies we can get on the ground, the better
hunger strike tomorrow to protest LAPD police violence! 24 hours in front of the mayor’s home. sponsored by BLM. bring water, masks, and solidarity ✊🏻
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fuck the super bowl.
fuck the police state.
fuck ICE.
displacing houseless people won’t make them go away. human lives are more important than your game
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for my debut piece in
@voxdotcom
’s The Highlight, I spoke to protesters across the US to explore how protesting has affected their lives — and what it’s like to live with trauma when it feels like the rest of the world has moved on.
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arrested for exercising my right to protrst in LA on a prison bus heading to Wilshire Precinct. more updates soon, but please! it’s more important than ever that you witness this piece of history. hold the LAPD accountable.
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THIS ISNT EVEN THE REAL SONG ITS A SHITTY COVER. LAPD HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT US LIKE THIS
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they really out here with cruel and unusual punishments. making us listen to bad country music covers
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Anyone else thinking about how quickly service workers were rebranded from “essential heroes” for working through a pandemic to “lazy” for not wanting to go back to understaffed and underpaid jobs?
“Essential” always meant expendable.
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hit by a rubber bullet. dropped my sign. they’re advancing on innocent protestors with riot gear. FUCK THE POLICE
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I have so much to share about this situation, but I need time to process and physically recover.
what I can say is that this is WORKING. they aren’t detaining us due to the mass # of arrests. we’re getting citations instead of serious charges. we are overwhelming the system.
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I cannot stress this enough. they are playing Africa by Toto. what the fuck is happening
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and yes, I am typing this with my hands zip tied behind my back. my tweeting skills are paying off
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finallly off the bus after 5 1/2 hours. we’re all in pain, exhausted, and haven’t eaten in 13 hours. one girl lost circulation to her hands. another threw up/fainted. another developed a UTI.
we were arrested at 7:30 pm. it’s 2 am and we are still at the station.
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@JoshuaPotash
the fact that he’s even making excuses for this brutality shows that this isn’t a question of cops feeling “threatened” or a lack of deescalation training. these officers saw the opportunity for violence and they took it
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well this is news to me and every other protester who has publicly spoken about police harassment
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they’re picking people off from the rooftops. LA is a war zone
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All the essential workers that died of COVID didn’t “sacrifice their lives” for the good of the country. They were sacrificed to uphold capitalism.
It just goes to show how deliberate this kind of language is — classist violence rebranded to serve the needs of corporations.
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out of all the interviews I’ve done, this article is one of the best I’ve read so far. well written, reported with sensitivity, and addresses the way these individual encounters with police point towards a deeper, systemic problem
Women say they were groped, violated by police during L.A. curfew arrests
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my favorite part about anti abortion rallies is they always say “what if your mother aborted you?” like it’s some sort of gotcha
as if this generation doesn’t make jokes about wanting to die every other day
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they’re taking us out of LA because they DIDN’T HAVE ROOM. this is working. keep up the momentum. they can’t arrest us all ✊🏻
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almost 4 hours on this bus. we can’t feel our wrists. we need to pee. some of us are on our periods. we just learned that other buses have been processed and sent home. no communication from officers
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what stage of the apocalypse is “armed police officers guarding a dumpster to stop starving poor people from eating literal garbage during a power outage”
Portland police guard dumpster, face off with residents trying to get discarded food from Fred Meyer
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yeah maybe I do wish my mother aborted me, craig. at least then I wouldn’t have to listen to you monologue about God’s will
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@Oregonian
all the defensive comments make it very clear who has never been in a situation where they had to eat expired food out of a dumpster.
let’s not pretend the cops give a damn about food safety here. they’ve simply decided that corporate property > poor people’s survival
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“falling to the ground” is a weird way to write “run over by the police”
BREAKING: A Tacoma police officer drove through a group of pedestrians Saturday night, and a video being shared on social media shows people falling to the ground as the police SUV speeds up through the crowd.
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this likely is something outlined in Twitter’s terms of service, but it’s very convenient to pretend like this has been enforced equally all along. I’m sure plenty of marginalized twitter users—especially activists, journalists, public figures, etc—would say otherwise
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woke up at 4:30am in a cold sweat because I had the most vivid dream somebody was dragging me out of the back doors of my van.
living in your car means non-stop fear and paranoia. I can’t even afford the expectation of safety and it’s fucking exhausting.
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my client: I want an article about lawn care
me: ok
my client:
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for the Vox Media Workshop, I’m looking to speak with young people on the impact of protesting trauma.
were you impacted by your protest experiences? does it affect your life now? did it change the way you view your activism and the future of the movement? DM me!
#journorequest
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you know the quarantine depression is real when the employees at your local taco bell drive through stop saying “enjoy your meal” and start saying “see you soon”
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cops protect property, not people—even when that property is discarded food waste. literally defending garbage over human lives
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a man just tried to flirt with me by approaching me in a parking lot and giving me three lemons. heterosexuals continue to confuse me
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@IamnotDana
@LilahSturges
shit I think I saw it in the lost and found! also a few strap ons and a bucket of glitter if anyone else is missing anything
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it’s incredible to call myself a published journalist, but I’m mostly just thrilled to be able to share some of the experiences from behind the frontlines that I know many of us have been carrying since the George Floyd protests over a year ago.
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idea for a tiktok POV: I am a worm on a string and you are my college’s financial aid office flinging me against the wall over and over again
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@vegasmom728
at this point, my thread has gone far past twitter. i’ve seen it reposted on almost every social media platform—I don’t have control over it anymore. I just wanted to make a statement requesting some basic privacy. I don’t want ppl doing things bc they think it’s something I want
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I also want to thank my mentor
@ZoeSchiffer
and the Vox Media Writers Workshop for getting this piece where it is today!
a year ago, I was homeless and living out of a van during a pandemic. the thought of getting something published felt like an impossible dream.
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the only pickup line I'll accept: "hey do you want any lemons?"
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@Azihayya
@Guy_Foti
@InternetHippo
no thanks, I think my rage is needed. you can put out calls for unity all day, but I can guarantee the wealthy elite don’t give a damn. the only thing they listen to is rage—and sometimes that means violence too. i’m not here for peace or purity politics
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@Johnnyapplenor
hey if someone leaves a comment on my tweet, i’m well within my right to repost. if they don’t want to get dragged, then they should not harass me on the internet? wild concept, I know. also miss me with that “there is a chance it didn’t happen” bullshit
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@Nancycc95134793
when I say privacy, I’m talking legally. let me handle my own legal representation. I don’t need people trying to hunt down these officers for revenge—it’s not what I want and it’s not productive.
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@GriffinMalone6
oh no but that would mean the CEO would have to take a pay cut out of their massive salaries 😔 better to starve your employees
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@e_stenzel
listen I just read every short censored word as “fuck” and that changes the meaning dramatically
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@Rachel_JSA
This is exactly what’s happening at Hamilton College. The most vulnerable students — low income, BIPOC, those with abusive home lives — are sent off campus with no due process.
“They would rather have me kill myself off-campus than on-campus.”
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@wdya0
I hope so too. maybe CP is the one thing that crosses the line. just disgusted that it had to get this far
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@Azihayya
@Guy_Foti
@InternetHippo
or don’t shame poor and working class people for their rage? I’m allowed make jokes about guillotines while the rich are profiting off poor people’s suffering. take your tone policing elsewhere
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@AlissaAzar
I’m glad you’re okay! I hope you can take some time to rest and recover — that kind of violence can leave a mark deeper than just the physical. let us know if you need anything, I’d be happy to pass around a venmo/cashapp
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@Nancycc95134793
“privacy” may not have been the right word but I hope you understand this clarification
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@Kittywampus
I’m not a fan of you taking a humorous tweet calling out a very real issue and dismissing it as “lazy” or not good enough “political analysis.” keep your inaccessible academic activism to the classroom and let me speak on my own platform
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@e_stenzel
@MaryGrabar
are you really a leftist Hamilton student if Mary Grabar hasn’t implied you should be sent to do hard labor in a work camp? badge of honor ❤️
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