Free The People of WNY Public Comment in Response to the City Of Buffalo Commission on Police Reform and Social Reconstruction Agenda
As a concerned citizen of the City of Buffalo this
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
About Us
FREE THE PEOPLE WESTERN NEW YORK
Free The People WNY is a coalition of formerly incarcerated people, directly affected people, activists, organizers, and attorneys that envision a world free from the violence and death of mass incarceration. We act together to dismantle a justice system built on white supremacy and oppression, one that dehumanizes people, and we work to create in its place anti-racist systems with the values of collective liberation and true justice at their core.
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TELL THE CITY HOW YOU REALLY FEEL
Community Policing: Survey
Police are paid by the people and must be accountable to the people. Take ten minutes, fill out our survey, and tell the city how policing impacts you, how the Buffalo Police Department should be defunded, and how we can reinvest in and reimagine alternatives to community policing.
Closing The Holding Center: Survey
Community Policing: Survey
Police are paid by the people and must be accountable to the people. Take ten minutes, fill out our survey, and tell the city how policing impacts you, how the Buffalo Police Department should be defunded, and how we can reinvest in and reimagine alternatives to community policing.
Closing The Holding Center: Survey
Community Policing: Survey
Police are paid by the people and must be accountable to the people. Take ten minutes, fill out our survey, and tell the city how policing impacts you, how the Buffalo Police Department should be defunded, and how we can reinvest in and reimagine alternatives to community policing.
Closing The Holding Center: Survey
CALL TO ACTION!
Let Our People Vote!
The Police Accountability Ballot Initiative is the people’s way of getting the Buffalo Police Advisory Board’s Model codified into law. The people have presented this model on several occasions to elected officials and yet it has not been adopted. We’ve heard that the power should solely rest in the hands of the voter base. We elect the public officials, we bring forth policy, and we co-create what is best for our communities.
CALL TO ACTION!
Let Our People Vote!
The Police Accountability Ballot Initiative is the people’s way of getting the Buffalo Police Advisory Board’s Model codified into law. The people have presented this model on several occasions to elected officials and yet it has not been adopted. We’ve heard that the power should solely rest in the hands of the voter base. We elect the public officials, we bring forth policy, and we co-create what is best for our communities.
CALL TO ACTION!
Let Our People Vote!
The Police Accountability Ballot Initiative is the people’s way of getting the Buffalo Police Advisory Board’s Model codified into law. The people have presented this model on several occasions to elected officials and yet it has not been adopted. We’ve heard that the power should solely rest in the hands of the voter base. We elect the public officials, we bring forth policy, and we co-create what is best for our communities.
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