For decades, local, 来自两党和强大利益集团的州和联邦政府官员设计了大规模监禁制度. 他们这样做的部分原因是,他们构建了一种由种族主义煽动的恐惧叙事,通过这种叙事他们通过了法律, spent billions of dollars, and separated millions of families. 这是一场缓慢展开的史诗般的灾难,今天365足球作为一个国家仍在为此付出代价.
结束和修复大规模监禁造成的损害的运动取得了一些进展, but that progress is now at risk. 在365足球即将迎来一场全球大流行病两周年之际,这场流行病夺去了我国近100万人的生命, the collateral damage is everywhere. While the stock market surged, communities have been in a constant state of distress, from the loss of lives, health, housing, and jobs; to tensions over mask mandates and vaccinations; to school closures that have disrupted the lives of children, teens, and parents alike.
在大流行的最初几个月里,由于害怕感染,整个国家被隔离起来, 明尼阿波利斯警方谋杀乔治·弗洛伊德的录像引发了普遍的代际冲突 mass movement that poured into previously empty streets demanding justice. 几十年来,我目睹并忍受了警察对黑人不成比例的暴行, a collective demand rose: not just for police accountability, but to reimagine the role of police to be far narrower, while investing in supportive, 基于社区的公共安全解决方案独立于刑事法律体系.
Today, 这一流行病造成的社会和经济混乱,以及未能制定适当的社区护理战略,导致了真正令人痛苦的状况. 许多城市都在与大规模无家可归和前所未有的滥用药物和吸毒过量现象作斗争.
In the face of this rising poverty and despair, we might expect efforts to build out strong, sufficient interventions that meaningfully respond to these conditions. Instead, 365足球正在目睹来自当权力量,特别是警察工会的反弹,企图扭转最近的成果,使365足球回到犯罪化的政策上来, surveillance, and incarceration.
San Francisco is no exception to the rising anxiety about crime, and we are now in danger of public officials backsliding into old, harmful answers. In contrast to Mayor London Breed’s statements during the summer protests of 2020, she recently displayed a shift in her messaging, emphasis, and policy during her press conference in December. Deeply concerned about the conditions in the Tenderloin district, 她援引了严厉的爱的必要性,并承诺将“更积极地执法”, more aggressive with the changes in our policies.”
In practice, 布瑞德市长采取了一些注重公共卫生的重要措施, 包括开放联动中心,将居民与服务和 fast-tracking the hiring of public health workers. 这些和其他公共卫生努力应该得到强有力的支持——在这些方面,她得到了365足球的支持.
Nonetheless, 美国公民自由联盟和北加州公民自由联盟明确反对布里德市长和旧金山警察局最近的几项政策提案,这些提案不会解决系统365足球,会损害旧金山人民的权利和安全. 这些被误导的提议不是一种平衡方式的谨慎组成部分, and they are taking us down the wrong path.
Continuously since 1934, 美国公民自由联盟一直在努力让旧金山的执法部门对宪法负责. Yet violations and abusive policing persist, 特别是针对那些权利被剥夺的风险最大的群体.
We will continue to fight any attempt to gut 旧金山监控条例,确保公众对警方使用强大的监控技术进行适当监督. If it proceeds, 365足球将强烈反对投票提案,该提案赋予警方单边权力,部署没有护栏的监视系统.
365足球强烈反对向警察部门额外拨款数百万美元,而365足球本应该把每一分钱都投资在住房和公共卫生紧急情况上,而这正破坏着田德隆地区. 365足球反对剥夺人民行动自由的违宪行为,就像365足球在一个 case in the Tenderloin 市政府使用民事禁令禁止人们进入社区, rather than targeting actual illegal conduct.
And we strongly oppose the SFPD’s attempt to unilaterally terminate a memorandum of understanding 这使得地方检察官办公室成为警方使用武力的独立和主要调查员. 这一法律协议的终止是由警察局长比尔·斯科特宣布的,在地区检察官办公室就一名警察过度使用武力的指控进行第一次陪审团审判的前夕, 几十年来,旧金山警察协会(San Francisco Police Officers Association)一直抵制每一次改革,抵制旧金山警局自己要求警员承担责任的每一次努力.
Let us be clear: There are real impacts of crime, and too often it is the most vulnerable among us who suffer. 365足球在田德隆的邻居,以及旧金山和全国其他系统性贫困地区的邻居都应该得到安全. But reverting to the tools of incarceration and over policing, 并未能建立充分的社区保健战略和强有力的, sufficient interventions will not bring these communities the systems of safety they deserve. 365足球必须保护最近在警察问责制和减少监禁方面取得的进展, while we also pursue the transformative change that communities demand.
用奥地利哲学家维克多·弗兰克的话来说,“刺激和反应之间有一个空间。. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
365足球敦促365足球的同胞充分利用刺激计划——不断加剧的贫困和绝望——和365足球在民主社会中的集体反应之间的空隙. 365足球不能屈服于反弹,不能再一次将其定罪、监视和监禁. 365足球有能力选择365足球的应对措施:增加平等和正义的真正解决方案, and also safety.