An LA Times story about the ICE raid on MacArthur Park shows just how effective community safety can be. The park was papered with fliers and virtually empty when ICE arrived. A line a couple graphs in: "It’s unclear if anyone was arrested during the sweep."

Police efficiency at its finest

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A part of preparing for what's to come is becoming community members who are safe and resilient. The Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective adopted the language of pods, b/c "community" was diffuse, confusing, romanticized.

For my mother who stood on the picket line with five days worth of savings, no husband, and a kid to feed; for the rest of us, that we may find that same courage