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These photos appear to show people being arrested for peaceful protest in London.
So, are we a democracy or have we in fact not progressed past feudalism?
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"Research on a police diversion program implemented in 2014 shows a striking 91% reduction in in-school arrests over less than 10 years.
Across the United States, arrest rates for young people under age 18 have been declining for decades. However, the proportion of youth arrests associated with school incidents has increased.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, K–12 schools referred nearly 230,000 students to law enforcement during the school year that began in 2017. These referrals and the 54,321 reported school-based arrests that same year were mostly for minor misbehavior like marijuana possession, as opposed to more serious offenses like bringing a gun to school.
School-based arrests are one part of the school-to-prison pipeline, through which students—especially Black and Latine students and those with disabilities—are pushed out of their schools and into the legal system.
Getting caught up in the legal system has been linked to negative health, social, and academic outcomes, as well as increased risk for future arrest.
Given these negative consequences, public agencies in states like Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania have looked for ways to arrest fewer young people in schools. Philadelphia, in particular, has pioneered a successful effort to divert youth from the legal system.
Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program
In Philadelphia, police department leaders recognized that the city’s school district was its largest source of referrals for youth arrests. To address this issue, then–Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel developed and implemented a school-based, pre-arrest diversion initiative in partnership with the school district and the city’s department of human services. The program is called the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program, and it officially launched in May 2014.
Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker named Bethel as her new police commissioner on Nov. 22, 2023.
Since the diversion program began, when police are called to schools in the city for offenses like marijuana possession or disorderly conduct, they cannot arrest the student involved if that student has no pending court case or history of adjudication. In juvenile court, an adjudication is similar to a conviction in criminal court.
Instead of being arrested, the diverted student remains in school, and school personnel decide how to respond to their behavior. For example, they might speak with the student, schedule a meeting with a parent, or suspend the student.
A social worker from the city also contacts the student’s family to arrange a home visit, where they assess youth and family needs. Then, the social worker makes referrals to no-cost community-based services. The student and their family choose whether to attend.
Our team—the Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab at Drexel University—evaluated the effectiveness of the diversion program as independent researchers not affiliated with the police department or school district. We published four research articles describing various ways the diversion program affected students, schools, and costs to the city.
Arrests Dropped
In our evaluation of the diversion program’s first five years, we reported that the annual number of school-based arrests in Philadelphia decreased by 84%: from nearly 1,600 in the school year beginning in 2013 to just 251 arrests in the school year beginning in 2018.
Since then, school district data indicates the annual number of school-based arrests in Philadelphia has continued to decline—dropping to just 147 arrests in the school year that began in 2022. That’s a 91% reduction from the year before the program started.
We also investigated the number of serious behavioral incidents recorded in the school district in the program’s first five years. Those fell as well, suggesting that the diversion program effectively reduced school-based arrests without compromising school safety.
Additionally, data showed that city social workers successfully contacted the families of 74% of students diverted through the program during its first five years. Nearly 90% of these families accepted at least one referral to community-based programming, which includes services like academic support, job skill development, and behavioral health counseling...
Long-Term Outcomes
To evaluate a longer follow-up period, we compared the 427 students diverted in the program’s first year to the group of 531 students arrested before the program began. Results showed arrested students were significantly more likely to be arrested again in the following five years...
Finally, a cost-benefit analysis revealed that the program saves taxpayers millions of dollars.
Based on its success in Philadelphia, several other cities and counties across Pennsylvania have begun replicating the Police School Diversion Program. These efforts could further contribute to a nationwide movement to safely keep kids in their communities and out of the legal system."
-via Yes! Magazine, December 5, 2023
#philedelphia#pennsylvania#united states#us politics#school#high school#school to prison pipeline#prison system#arrests#education#students#schools#good news#hope#rare case of police not completely sucking#police#policing#law enforcement
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John Parker, other Gaza solidarity activists detained in Cairo, Egypt
Nov. 30: John Parker, a candidate for California’s 37th congressional district, is being detained by the Egyptian National Security Agency, along with other participants in the Global Conscience Convoy in Cairo, initiated by the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists.
He was taken into custody along with others when the group unfurled a banner that read “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free.” Parker and other detainees from Argentina, Australia and France have yet to be released.
John Parker stated: “The Palestinian people desperately need food, fuel, water, medicine and aid. The Rafah crossing must be opened so that people of the world can get needed supplies to the Palestinian people. Anything less contributes to Israel’s criminal genocide.”
Parker is a founding member of the Los Angeles based Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice and a reporter with Struggle-La Lucha. He traveled to Cairo to be a part of the Global Conscience Convoy for Gaza.
The Embassy of the United States is aware and informed of the detention. The Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, Struggle-La Lucha and the Peoples Power Assembly are demanding the U.S. embassy seek Parker’s release and that Egyptian authorities release all four detainees immediately.
Contact the U.S. Embassy in Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Egyptian consulates in the U.S. to demand the release of all those detained.
Egyptian Consulate, Washington, DC, United States
3521 International Court, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20008
(202) 966-6342
(202) 244-4319
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.egyptembassy.net
#OpenRafahCrossing#FreeThemAll#FreePalestine#Egypt#GazaGenocide#imperialism#Israel#Cairo#arrests#solidarity#global conscience convoy#John Parker#Struggle La Lucha
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People in scotland have been being arrested over anti-monarchy signs.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/abolish-the-monarchy-protesters-king-proclamation-b2165294.html
They’re calling it breaching the peace - just holding up signs promoting abolition of the monarchy. There have been multiple arrests and charges brought to people involved.
Meanwhile we wait to hear from the supreme court on if we are allowed to hold an idependence referrendum when the english government disapproves.
Let it be known for anyone who is unclear:
I am anti-monarchy, I am anti-union. Bring on scottish independence sooner rather than later.
On advisement I’ll clarify that anti-union here means anti-united kingdom/pro scottish independence. I want to mention that “Anti-union” as in against trade unions is a very american thing. Unions are so common in the uk that you are often automatically a member when you join any place of work.
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Floral tributes to Alexey Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe who reportedly died Friday in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unidentified people while police watched, videos on Russian social media show.
More than 100 people were detained in eight cities across Russia after they came to lay flowers in memory of Navalny, according to OVD-Info, a group that monitors political repression in Russia. On Saturday, police blocked access to a memorial in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk and detained several people there as well as in another Siberian city, Surgut, OVD-Info said.
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The Jordanian security services arrested activists and members of the media for organizing a protest in support of the "Palestinian resistance"
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Quebec police say authorities in Morocco have arrested a man who was allegedly behind a series of phony bomb threats sent to several institutions across the province.
The provincial police force says the unnamed, 45-year-old male suspect was arrested in the Moroccan town of Tafraoute, roughly 230 kilometres southwest of Marrakech.
The arrest follows what police describe as a mass e-mailing of fake bomb threats across Canada and other countries demanding money in exchange for the location of explosives.
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Tagging @politicsofcanada
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On Friday afternoon, the German capital of Berlin witnessed scenes reminiscent of the era of the Nazi regime. Hundreds of police officers terrorised an anti-war congress, which was directed against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, in order to disperse and ban it after two hours.
Prominent speakers were expected at the congress, organised by the Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and attended by several pro-Palestinian organisations. They included former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Irish MP Richard Boyd Barrett, British-Palestinian doctor and rector of Glasgow University Ghassan Abu-Sitteh, 86-year-old Palestine expert Salman Abu Sitta, a former member of the Palestinian National Council, Jewish filmmaker Dror Dayan and Palestinian journalist Hebh Jamal.
The media and political establishment unleashed a vicious smear campaign against the congress in advance. From the tabloid Bild to the “respectable” Tagesspiegel, they denounced the participants as “Israel-haters.” Bild headlined on Friday morning: “Congress of Israel haters. These terrorist fans are appearing in Berlin today.”
An all-party “Alliance against Anti-Semitic Terrorism,” which spans politicians from the right-wing Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union to the Left Party, declared that the Congress was expected to “spread anti-Semitic hatred” and that Berlin should not become “the centre of terrorist glorification.” For the Left Party, former Berlin Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer and former Berlin Labor Senator Elke Breitenbach signed the appeal.
The police acted accordingly. Ghassan Abu-Sitteh was denied entry at the Berlin Airport. The doctor, who worked at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza after the beginning of the war and gave a harrowing interview to Der Spiegel on 6 December about his terrible experiences there, was to give a lecture at the congress in the evening. Instead, he was told that he was not allowed to enter Germany until April 14.
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It's frightening that a nation that can see its own genocide so clearly cannot see it when it's committed by the people upon whom they committed it.
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Protesters demanding democracy march from Downtown Minneapolis and Cedar/Riverside onto I-94.646 arrests were made in what is likely the largest mass arrest/citation event in city history.
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#long island serial killer#lisk#gilgo beach killer#true crime#crime#serial killers#articles#2023#usa#arrests
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Arrests today in London.
By the sounds of it, none of these people had actually *done* anything.
Britain, the police state.
PS Green and black cross are putting out urgent calls for post arrest support, contact them on twitter if you can help.
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Cop City: Racist police terror continues in Atlanta
By Lev Koufax
On Jan. 18, police and officials demonstrated just how far they would go to secure the Cop City site for what is really a domestic military base. In short, they would kill to do so.
That day, a Georgia State Trooper executed a queer environmental activist of color, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán (known by the nickname Tortuguita.)
#StopCopCity#JailKillerCops#Atlanta#Georgia#protest#Tortuguita#martyr#lgbtq#environmentalism#police brutality#repression#arrests#JusticeForRayshardBrooks#BlackLivesMatter#Struggle La Lucha
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The Full Moon
For @themiserablesmonth Day 14: Moon.
E/R, modern AU.
Read on AO3.
Courfeyrac glanced at his phone, frowning slightly when he saw who was calling. “Didn’t you and I see each other literally half an hour ago?”
On the other end of the phone, Combeferre sighed heavily. “I need you to call Marius,” he said shortly, with no greeting or explanation.
Courfeyrac leaned back in his chair. “Is there a reason you didn’t call Marius directly?” he asked mildly.
He could practically hear Combeferre’s scowl through the phone. “Because for some reason, he’s scared of me, and since we need his help, I figured it would nicer, or at least easier, coming from you.”
“That’s practically sweet of you,” Courfeyrac said, delighted. “So why do need Marius’s help?”
“We need a lawyer.”
Courfeyrac’s smile instantly disappeared, and he pinched the bridge of his nose. “Oh, God,” he sighed. “What did Enjolras do now?”
Combeferre huffed a dry laugh. “Believe it or not, it’s not for Enjolras.”
Courfeyrac’s eyes narrowed. “What did Grantaire do now?”
“Just get Marius,” Combeferre said, conspicuously avoiding answering the question. “Have him meet me at the Area 6 police headquarters. I’ll explain there.”
“I’m fascinated to know why you won’t tell me,” Courfeyrac said cheerfully. “Maybe I’ll come with Marius.”
Combeferre sighed. “Do whatever you want to do,” he muttered. “Just get Marius.”
With that, he hung up, and Courfeyrac allowed himself a small smile as he dialed Marius. “Whatever this is, it’s bound to be good.”
— — — — —
Courfeyrac and Marius crossed the street to where Combeferre was waiting for them, his scowl deepening when he saw Courfeyrac. “Alright, Marius is here,” Courfeyrac said brightly. “So tell us what happened.”
“Grantaire got arrested,” Combeferre said dryly.
Courfeyrac rolled his eyes. “No shit, Sherlock,” he said impatiently. “I want the details.”
“We want the details,” Marius corrected mildly. “Namely, what exactly happened, and what charges, if any, he’s been detained on.”
Combeferre sighed before reporting, “Enjolras and Grantaire were coming home from dinner when they watched a cop accost a young gentleman, seemingly for no reason. Enjolras, of course, went to intervene, when the cop decided it would be a good idea to turn off his body camera and go after Enjolras instead. So Grantaire, seemingly in an attempt to buy Enjolras enough time to extricate himself from the scene—”
“Oh my God,” Courfeyrac interrupted, his eyes widening in realization. “Don’t tell me.”
Combeferre nodded grimly. “Yeah. Exactly.”
“What?” Marius asked, glancing between the two. “What did he do?”
“He’s been joking about doing this for years,” Courfeyrac said, looking strangely amused at the situation. “Do not tell me that he actually went through with it.”
Combeferre sighed again. “He definitely and unquestionably went through with it.”
“What did he do?” Marius repeated.
Courfeyrac looked like he was beginning to regret coming down to the station. “The Full Moon,” he said heavily.
Marius blinked. “The…what?”
“Grantaire mooned the cop.”
Marius let out a noise that might have been a very weak giggle, or else a small, horrified whimper. Or both. “He…what?”
Combeferre gave him a look. “He tugged down his pants to expose his buttocks,” he said sourly, “then turned and bent over to display said buttocks while allegedly shouting something to the effect of, ‘How’s this for moonshine, piggy.”
Marius choked on air. “Oh my God.”
Courfeyrac cleared his throat. “Well, the real question is, did it work?”
“Grantaire’s in custody, but Enjolras isn’t,” Combeferre said with a shrug. “So you tell me.”
It took Marius a long moment to get his face under control enough to ask, his voice slightly higher-pitched than usual, “What do they plan on charging him with?”
“Obstructing a police officer—” Combeferre started, and Marius nodded.
“Misdemeanor,” he said, more to himself than the others.
“—refusing to aid a police officer—”
“Petty offense.”
“—and the pièce de résistance, public indecency,” Combeferre finished.
Marius winced before asking, “Was it within 500 feet of a school?”
Courfeyrac stared at him. “What the fuck does that matter?”
Marius shrugged. “Changes it from a misdemeanor to a felony, mostly. Not that it matters, since a public indecency conviction, whether felony or misdemeanor, also carries a requirement to register as a sex offender.”
Courfeyrac blanched. “Well, shit.”
“Pretty much,” Combeferre said grimly. “As to the proximity to a school, I have no idea.”
Marius nodded, taking a deep breath. “Ok,” he said, staring off into the distance. “Ok. Ok. Ok.”
Combeferre arched an eyebrow at Courfeyrac. “Is he having a stroke?”
“Shh,” Courfeyrac scolded. “He’s thinking.
“Ok,” Marius said again, before straightening, his expression set. “Got it.”
“Care to share what, exactly, you’ve got?” Combeferre asked dryly.
“We’re going to make a plea offer,” Marius said, with no small amount of conviction. “Grantaire pleads guilty to the petty offense and no contest to the obstruction charge in exchange for 50 hours of community service. They’ll ask for 100, so we’ll probably settle on 75.”
Courfeyrac let out a low whistle. “That’s not bad,” he said bracingly.
“What about the public indecency charge?” Combeferre asked.
Marius waved a dismissive hand. “Oh, they’ll drop that.”
Combeferre and Courfeyrac exchanged glances. “Are you sure?” Combeferre asked, somewhat doubtfully. “They didn’t exactly seem in the mood to drop charges.”
“Don’t worry,” Marius said confidently. “I’ve got this.”
Combeferre and Courfeyrac watched him march up to the doors before Courfeyrac glanced at Combeferre, a small smile twitching at the corners of his mouth. “Famous last words.”
— — — — —
The desk officer was reluctant to give Marius any information but eventually took Marius back to the interrogation room where Grantaire was apparently waiting. “My name is Marius Pontmercy,” Marius said in introduction to the two cops in the interrogation room. “I’m Mr. Grantaire’s attorney.”
“He didn’t call an attorney,” one of the officers said immediately.
Marius gave him a flat look. “Does that somehow negate his Fifth Amendment right to counsel?” he asked mildly, sitting down next to Grantaire, who was conspicuously avoiding looking at him. “You did Mirandize him, right?”
The officer looked offended. “Of course I—”
“Mr. Pontmercy,” the other interrupted sourly, “your client has been detained on a number of offenses, including one that could land him on the sex offender registry, so if you think you’re going to just walk in here and make some kind of deal—”
“Were you the arresting officer?” Marius interrupted.
The cop glowered at him. “Yes, I was.”
Marius nodded. “So you’re the one who allegedly saw my client’s buttocks,” he said, stepping forcefully on Grantaire’s foot under the table when he saw his shoulders shake with silent laughter.
“I’m the one the little prick mooned, yeah,” the officer said, even more sourly than before.
Marius leaned forward. “Tell me, Officer—”
“It’s Sergeant.”
“Oh, my apologies,” Marius said, saccharine sweet, before continuing, “Tell me, Sergeant, did the alleged sight of my client’s buttocks arouse you?”
Both cops gaped at him. “Excuse me?” the sergeant spluttered.
“Were you excited by seeing his rear end?” Marius pressed, stepping even harder on Grantaire’s foot. “Did you get a little stiff in your pants?”
“Are you fucking calling me a fa—”
“Sergeant,” the other officer interrupted sharply.
Marius held his hands up appeasingly. “I am doing no such thing,” he said innocently. “But Illinois statute requires for public indecency that the lewd exposure of the body be done for either the intent of sexual gratification of the person performing the act, or otherwise for arousal of the person witnessing it.” He glanced at Grantaire, who had somehow managed to arrange his expression into something appropriate for attending the funeral of a close family member. “Now, I’m certain my client will testify gladly that he experienced no such sexual gratification, which means that in order for you to charge him with public indecency, you would need to testify that you experienced arousal.”
He looked back at the sergeant, whose mouth was opening and closing like a fish. “So I repeat my question, Sergeant. Were you aroused by the sight of my client’s ass?”
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Not even half an hour later, Marius and Grantaire walked out of the police station, Grantaire rubbing his wrists where they’d cuffed him. He glanced at Marius, not even trying to stop his smile this time. “Was any of that true?” he asked.
“What?” Marius asked tiredly.
“The thing about arousal?”
Marius shrugged. “It depends on how you read the statute,” he hedged. “There’s a comma that renders it almost intentionally vague.”
Grantaire shook his head slowly, his smile widening. “Did you just lie to a cop to get me off?”
“I’d be careful of using that expression in this case,” Marius said, a little sourly.
Grantaire just barked a laugh. “Marius fucking Pontmercy,” he said, with something like awe.
Marius blushed and rolled his eyes. “Just do me a favor,” he said. “Figure out a different way to distract an officer from arresting Enjolras next time.”
“You know I can’t promise that,” Grantaire said easily. “I mean, what would you do if it was Cosette?”
“Cosette would never—” Marius started loyally, though he broke off at the look Grantaire gave him. “Fine, then next time, at least try to run.”
Grantaire just grinned. “I can’t make any guarantees,” he said cheerfully.
Marius sighed heavily. “Yeah,” he said, severely regretting his choice of both profession and friends. “I sort of figured as much.”
#exr#enjolras x grantaire#enjoltaire#grantaire#marius pontmercy#combeferre#courfeyrac#and the one braincell they all collectively share#fanfiction#les miserables#modern au#established relationship#they are absolutely 100% all idiots#but at least in this case Marius is a useful idiot#blessings#police#arrests#gratuitous misreading of the Illinois Compiled Statutes#as one does#the miserables month 2022
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Climate Activists Disrupt Boston Rush Hour Traffic
On Thursday September 21, more than 35 climate activists from XR Boston shut down traffic around the financial district to demand that the Healey administration ban new fossil fuel infrastructure. Three independently moving groups of XR rebels marched slowly around the intersections of Atlantic Ave and Seaport Blvd., Atlantic Ave. and Summer St., and Purchase St. and Summer St. creating traffic gridlock. The activists communicated that they would refuse to end their traffic disruption unless the Governor made a public statement committing her administration to opposing all new fossil fuel infrastructure projects, including the expansion of airports and gas connections in new buildings.
The activists wore blue shirts with yellow illustrations of the Earth accompanied by slogans "I rebel for..." followed by personalized messages (my kids, a livable future, etc.). They held large banners reading "No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure" and chanted "Governor Healey, you make the rules, time to ban new fossil fuels," "Massachusetts, don't delay, ban new fossil fuels today."
When asked why he chose to participate in non-violent civil disobedience, Monty Neill, an event organizer and one of the arrested climate activists, replied "My grandchildren are facing a world of climate and ecological collapse, with social crises inevitably following. How bad it will be depends on what we do today. An easy first step in Massachusetts is to halt fossil fuel expansion. Leaders must lead, not see what lobbyists say or fear to ‘spend their political capital.’ Governor Healey and the legislature must act now, no more delays."
Jana Pickard-Richardson, another activist with XR Boston, added "I’m risking arrest today out of love and rage. Love for the millions upon millions who stand to lose their homes, and even their lives in this worsening climate crisis. And rage at the politicians who have wasted decades with incremental actions and business as usual. And now as the signs of the crisis unfold around us, our government still is not acting with the urgency the situation demands."
Over 20 activists were arrested after blocking rush hour traffic for almost 30 minutes. In an August meeting with XR Boston, Climate Chief Hoffer admitted Massachusetts won't make its legally binding target to reduce emissions 50% by 2030, per the 2021 Act Creating A Next-Generation Roadmap for MA Climate Policy. She promised that the Healey administration would release a statement shortly. There has been no statement. We are escalating. Our lives depend on it.
Photos by Cam Lawless, Jesse Kieffer, Skip Schiel, Haley McH, Jule Manitz
#boston#extinction rebellion#civil disobedience#climate activism#xrboston#general disruption#traffic#rush hour#slow march#arrests#non-violent#week of rebellion#climate emergency#fossil fuels
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I finally finished it. I wrote this chapter again. And again. And again and hated every draft before i realised Hey! It's crack! I can do whatever the fuck I want!
So, this is pure first draft save writing. No careful choosing of words, barely any editing, no worrying if something is too unhinged. So it may not be 'good' exactly but i had a tonne of fun writing it.
Have a wonderful day!!
#the absolute and total defeat of one draco malfoy#chapter highlight reel:#paris hilton#arrests#engagements#new members of ARSE#jealous plantlife#being nice as a kink#an imaginarily hispanic penis
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