Interrupting Criminalization
@interruptcrim.bsky.social
Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba.
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How to Clean Up Copaganda — Interrupting Criminalization
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New resource⚡ How to Clean Up Copaganda
We're pleased to share our new resource for journalists, communicators, and organizers responding to law enforcement disinformation.
Check out this online guide written by IC Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, here: bit.ly/CleanUpCopag...
We're pleased to share our new resource for journalists, communicators, and organizers responding to law enforcement disinformation.
Check out this online guide written by IC Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, here: bit.ly/CleanUpCopag...
🗓️This Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30-4 PM ET in Brooklyn: Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is facilitating a discussion circle focused on the contributions of radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. from 1910-1960. If you're in NYC and interested in joining, register now to join!
Communiversity Catalog: Black Radical Women in the U.S. 1910–1960: A Study and Discussion Circle — Interrupting Criminalization
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November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🗓️This Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30-4 PM ET in Brooklyn: Our co-founder @prisonculture.bsky.social is facilitating a discussion circle focused on the contributions of radical Black women activists and theorists in the U.S. from 1910-1960. If you're in NYC and interested in joining, register now to join!
In a time of acute crisis across the country, more people might be thinking about community-based crisis response. If that's you, and you want to learn more from folks who have created such projects, we encourage you to check out the latest, 4-episode season of our One Million Experiments podcast:
Listen to the Podcast: One Million Experiments
Listen to episodes from the One Million Experiments Podcast, where we explore community-based projects that expand our ideas about what keeps us safe.
millionexperiments.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In a time of acute crisis across the country, more people might be thinking about community-based crisis response. If that's you, and you want to learn more from folks who have created such projects, we encourage you to check out the latest, 4-episode season of our One Million Experiments podcast:
For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
Read it here:
Read it here:
Loving and Protecting Us — Interrupting Criminalization
A resource for people interested in and working to develop abolitionist crisis response rooted in transformative justice. This offering aims to help demystify a few things about how we develop, think ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
For people who are interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe, we have a new resource that aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
Read it here:
Read it here:
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This edition also draws lessons from Practicing New Worlds.
Although published 2 years ago this month, it is full of relevant reminders from abolitionist organizers about what is possible when we build critical connections, communities of practice & networks of influence. bit.ly/PracticingNewWorlds
Although published 2 years ago this month, it is full of relevant reminders from abolitionist organizers about what is possible when we build critical connections, communities of practice & networks of influence. bit.ly/PracticingNewWorlds
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This edition also draws lessons from Practicing New Worlds.
Although published 2 years ago this month, it is full of relevant reminders from abolitionist organizers about what is possible when we build critical connections, communities of practice & networks of influence. bit.ly/PracticingNewWorlds
Although published 2 years ago this month, it is full of relevant reminders from abolitionist organizers about what is possible when we build critical connections, communities of practice & networks of influence. bit.ly/PracticingNewWorlds
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Stories like this around people rising to meet the SNAP crisis are easy to frame as inspirational and I appreciate the reporting here that stresses that this is a crisis of the government's making with long-term consequences that individuals alone cannot fix.
As SNAP benefits run dry, 'grocery buddies' are footing their neighbors' food bills
With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community.
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Stories like this around people rising to meet the SNAP crisis are easy to frame as inspirational and I appreciate the reporting here that stresses that this is a crisis of the government's making with long-term consequences that individuals alone cannot fix.
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Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Normal people are just sick to fucking death of the cruelty and meanness
We must fight back against efforts to dehumanize and disappear our unhoused neighbors. Something you can do is to join a local mutual aid or #StoptheSweeps group, to fight police encampment sweeps and the criminalization of poverty.
+ Check out these tools/resources from Housing Not Handcuffs:
+ Check out these tools/resources from Housing Not Handcuffs:
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We must fight back against efforts to dehumanize and disappear our unhoused neighbors. Something you can do is to join a local mutual aid or #StoptheSweeps group, to fight police encampment sweeps and the criminalization of poverty.
+ Check out these tools/resources from Housing Not Handcuffs:
+ Check out these tools/resources from Housing Not Handcuffs:
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These are prisons.
The criminalization of homelessness and push towards mandated, coerced medical interventions and civil commitment—a bipartisan project—was always going to lead us here.
This is why when we talk about, strategize and organize around abolition, we must include ALL carceral spaces.
The criminalization of homelessness and push towards mandated, coerced medical interventions and civil commitment—a bipartisan project—was always going to lead us here.
This is why when we talk about, strategize and organize around abolition, we must include ALL carceral spaces.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
These are prisons.
The criminalization of homelessness and push towards mandated, coerced medical interventions and civil commitment—a bipartisan project—was always going to lead us here.
This is why when we talk about, strategize and organize around abolition, we must include ALL carceral spaces.
The criminalization of homelessness and push towards mandated, coerced medical interventions and civil commitment—a bipartisan project—was always going to lead us here.
This is why when we talk about, strategize and organize around abolition, we must include ALL carceral spaces.
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The NYPD often issues civil summonses to homeless people, one researcher explains. “A lot of those violations, it’s really unclear whether a criminal or civil summons makes any difference in that person’s material situation.”
Under Eric Adams, the NYPD Sharply Increases Tickets for Low-Level Infractions
New York City’s outgoing mayor has directed police to issue more civil summonses, sparking concerns the practice is undermining a city reform. Will the next mayor take a different path?
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The NYPD often issues civil summonses to homeless people, one researcher explains. “A lot of those violations, it’s really unclear whether a criminal or civil summons makes any difference in that person’s material situation.”
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This isn’t even the first time it would happen - you can literally just go back to when Eric Adams first ran for mayor, and when he got into office, to see how the media manufactured a crime wave that helped push his pro-police agenda at the expense of every other city service.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This isn’t even the first time it would happen - you can literally just go back to when Eric Adams first ran for mayor, and when he got into office, to see how the media manufactured a crime wave that helped push his pro-police agenda at the expense of every other city service.
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NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
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"In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished."
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
Staff sex abuse in Idaho women’s prisons largely unchecked
InvestigateWest reporting exposes sexual abuse by guards, retaliation against victims and a system that fails to track the scope of the problem
www.investigatewest.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up are often punished."
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
The U.S. is a leader in women's incarceration, and behind bars, women are anything but safe. 🧵
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Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
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Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
hellgatenyc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
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Several hundred kids just marched past my house because John Marshall High is doing an anti-ICE walk out.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Several hundred kids just marched past my house because John Marshall High is doing an anti-ICE walk out.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
LA's tradition of high schoolers using their voices to push back on racism and inequality is really an inspiring thing.
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In the last week, states of emergency declared for kidnappings & starvation.
Washington County declares emergency over increased ICE activity
Hillsboro, Washington County set aside a combined $400,000 to help communities impacted by immigration arrests.
opb.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In the last week, states of emergency declared for kidnappings & starvation.
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Don’t think ppl understand the terror the Feds are unleashing on the streets of LA right now. Roving patrols targeting vulnerable individuals. It’s horrible.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.
Feds are once again ruthlessly targeting ktown & adjacent areas. This is getting really intense. We need to do more.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Don’t think ppl understand the terror the Feds are unleashing on the streets of LA right now. Roving patrols targeting vulnerable individuals. It’s horrible.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
'Monumental betrayal of public trust' Mississippi officers arrested
YouTube video by 16 WAPT News Jackson
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November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...
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Years of US police impunity conditioned USians to accept this as acceptable.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Years of US police impunity conditioned USians to accept this as acceptable.
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Just came from a local organizing meeting & my god people the cops are never ever ever ever gonna be on “our side” especially in a police state
Our imaginations have been so captured we can’t imagine our way out of this trap it’s literally the #1 obstacle ppl want to rely on what made this possible
Our imaginations have been so captured we can’t imagine our way out of this trap it’s literally the #1 obstacle ppl want to rely on what made this possible
November 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just came from a local organizing meeting & my god people the cops are never ever ever ever gonna be on “our side” especially in a police state
Our imaginations have been so captured we can’t imagine our way out of this trap it’s literally the #1 obstacle ppl want to rely on what made this possible
Our imaginations have been so captured we can’t imagine our way out of this trap it’s literally the #1 obstacle ppl want to rely on what made this possible
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Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.
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It's insane that this even needs to be said.
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.
The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's insane that this even needs to be said.
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
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People are often invited into unlearning by love in the expansive sense. @lewispants.bsky.social noticed that what created the conditions for unlearning was, in part, or sometimes almost entirely about relationships. @prismreports.org
The spiritual, political, and liberatory work of unlearning
In a Q&A with Prism, journalist and activist Lewis Raven Wallace discussed his new book “Radical Unlearning,” a guide for breaking free from harmful ideologies
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October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
People are often invited into unlearning by love in the expansive sense. @lewispants.bsky.social noticed that what created the conditions for unlearning was, in part, or sometimes almost entirely about relationships. @prismreports.org