Twitter Fingaz Action: End Racist Marijuana Arrests in ATL!

On Friday, April 14, we need your Twitta Fingaz! Next week, the Atlanta City Council will be voting on ordinance 17-O-1152. If passed, this ordinance will end marijuana arrests for possession under 1 ounce or 28 grams. We need to place pressure on each member of City Council! Atlanta's anti-marijuana laws are fundamentally racist and allow for hundreds of young Black people to be locked away inside of the Atlanta city jail every year. Between 2014 and 2016: The Atlanta Police Department made a total of 1,070 marijuana arrest. 1,032 (96%) of those arrests were for marijuana possession under 1 ounce. Of those arrests, 945 (92%) were Black. Twitter Targets: Yolanda Adrean, @yadrean Natalyn Archibong, @NMArchibong Alex Wan, @AlexWanforATL Joyce M. Shepherd, @joycesheperd Michael J. Bond Jr., @michael_J_Bond Atlanta City Council: @ATLCouncil Twitter Scripts: @___ ​Even though marijuana is used at the same rate across ethnicities, 90% of arrests in ATL are Black ppl #EndRacistArrests @___ ​@ATLCouncil MUST take action NOW to stop racial profiling & biased policing by voting “YES” on ordinance 17-O-1152! @____ I’m opposed to @ATLCouncil & APD using my tax dollars to make racially biased arrests that make us less safe by eroding trust ​@____ Marijuana arrests give people a criminal record & make it harder to find housing and jobs #NoMoreDrugWar @____ It’s wrong that people can spend up to 180 days in jail/be fined $1000 for possessing the smallest amount of marijuana @____ @ATLCouncil needs to join the cities & states across the country ending the drug war & mass incarceration #NoMoreDrugWar @____ Police violence is a *HUGE* issue in ATL; ppl shouldnt be at risk of violence/death b/c of suspicion of marijuana possession @____ We’ve seen police approaching ppl b/c of weed lead to the death of young Black people like DeAundre Phillips. #NoMoreDrugWar