STOP's Alissa Johnson discusses the racism of gang policing and how "reasons as innocuous as wearing the wrong clothes, staying out late, attending the Puerto Rican Day parade" land New Yorkers on #NYPD's gang database. #EraseTheDatabase
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This Wednesday at 4:30pm we’re at Red Hook Library (Van Brunt) breaking down the realities of “gangs” policing + how it impacts our communities.
Led by Youth Represent’s Youth Committee. Tap in. #erasethedatabase
The NYPD’s racist Gang Database has to go. Join the @GANGScoalition for public phonebanking sessions to call your City Council Members and demand they pass #Intro798.
Nov 20&21 | 12–2 PM ET Register:naacpldf-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/W3EWXrI... #EraseTheDatabase #PassIntro798
The City Council must act.
Call your Council Member and urge them to co-sponsor Intro 798 — the bill to abolish the Database and stop any replacement from being created. bit.ly/48MXUha #EraseTheDatabase #Intro798
Erase the database! Erase the hate!
PIX11: Advocates rally to shut down NYPD criminal database amid racial profiling claims
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Gang policing, we don’t need them, what we want is total freedom!
NY1: Protesters call on city to abolish 'gang database' after new report
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The data doesn’t lie. The NYPD’s “gang database” is 99% Black and Latino.
We’re rallying Thursday, Oct. 23, 5PM @ One Police Plaza to call on City Council to pass #Intro798. Join us. #EraseTheDatabase
It’s official: the NYPD’s “gang database” is built on bias, not safety. The Inspector General’s new report proves it.
Rally with us Oct 23, 5PM @ One Police Plaza to demand City Council pass #Intro798. #EraseTheDatabase @legalaidnyc.bsky.social @psjpbc.bsky.social @indivisible.org
Youth Justice Network out strong advocating for the passage of the Youth Justice and Opportunities Act and #righttoremainsilent Act outside of the Horizon detention facility in the Bronx! #erasethedatabase @indivisible.org @psjpbc.bsky.social
The NYPD’s gang database doesn’t protect us—it profiles us. Even after “reforms,” 98% of people listed are Black or Latino. Real safety means investment, not surveillance. Pass Intro 798 #EraseTheDatabase #Intro798 @legalaidnyc.bsky.social @stopspyingny.bsky.social
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The NYPD Inspector General’s new report confirms what communities have said for years: the NYPD’s “gang database” is beyond repair. #erasethedatabase
Professor Babe Howell and Matthew Brodwith from the @legalaidnyc.bsky.social representing the coalition at the Organizing Towards Liberation social Justice fair earlier today! #erasethedatabase
Join us Sept tomorrow at Red Hook Interim Library for Gangs in Our Community: Portrayal & Narrative — a free workshop on gang policing, databases and community impact. 3–4:45 PM. Details: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/gan... #erasethedatabase
Great to be down at Red Hook Initiative for their annual block party! Ran into Councilmember Alexa Aviles one of our most vocal supporters. Proud to stand with you always council member and thank you to RHI for their amazing work! #erasethedatabase
Gang databases target thousands of young Black and Brown people with no due process.
In Gang Policing: The Truth Revealed, LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute exposes the truth.
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Proud to be out here at Brownsville Safety Alliance pop-up event at the Ocean Hill Playground! Come catch up with us and the amazing orgs out here providing the community with needed information and resources! #erasethedatabase
Shoutout to our coalitions leaders for their work and advocacy advancing this narrative! #erasethedatabase
Free event
Gangs, policing, and Bed-Stuy — let’s talk.
This Wednesday, August 6
6–8 PM at Bailey’s Cafe
Food provided. No campaigning. Just community.
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Huge thanks to our partners at Neighborhood Defender Services for holding it down at the Sumner Houses NSTAT Kick-Off on behalf of the Gangs Coalition. Grateful to NSTAT for hosting and for their work creating spaces that center safety, joy, and community connection. #EraseTheDatabase
After a well-received community education workshop on gang policing narratives, the Canarsie branch of the Brooklyn Public Library invited us to table at their community block party today.
Shoutout to our public libraries for always being beacons of safety, knowledge, and joy! #EraseTheDatabase
We're hosting free community workshops on gang policing and surveillance.
Open to educators, youth workers, and organizers. Learn how to teach and push back.
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Flawed surveillance is especially harmful in an era of mass deportation.
The NYPD's "gang database" casts a wide net in its quest for precision policing, but still disproportionately impacts New Yorkers of color.
#EraseTheDatabase before it's too late.
“The NYPD’s Gang Database is a dressed-up tool for racially profiling Black and Latino New Yorkers, particularly youth,” said Anne Venhuizen, Supervising Attorney in the Impact Litigation Practice at The Bronx Defenders. #erasethedatabase
“The NYPD has used its Gang Database to systematically target, surveil, and criminalize Black and Latino New Yorkers in violation of their constitutional rights,” said Kevin E. Jason, Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Legal Defense Fund. #erasethedatabase
BREAKING: Today, advocacy organizations filed a putative class-action complaint against the City of New York, challenging the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) use of the Criminal Group Database, widely known as the Gang Database. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas... #erasethedatabase
Coalition members @alexvitale.bsky.social and Youth Mentors from Brownsville Community Justice Center, gave a presentation on the harms of Gangs policing, and the importance of trauma informed alternatives at the Beyond the Bars conference at Columbia School of Social Work. #erasethedatabase
On Saturday March 8th starting at 2:15pm, we will be facilitating a workshop on the dangers of the NYPD’s gangs database and community led violence interrupting alternatives. We hope you can attend for this important conversation. #erasethedatabase
Youth Represent Youth Committee reps educating partners on the harms of the NYPD’s gangs database at the Dignity In Schools launch fair this Saturday at the New Design High School! Our youth know what’s up! #erasethedatabase
New research shows that the elimination of gang databases in Portland and Chicago did not result in an increase in crime, refuting claims that such databases reduce crime. #erasethedatabase
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Thank you to the @nycpublicadvocate.bsky.social for standing with us as we push to abolish this racist form of broken windows policing. #erasethedatabase advocate.nyc.gov/press/nyc-pu...
