Fight Back! NewsJun 21, 2025

Jacksonville continues to demand “Justice for Charles,” community control of the police

Jacksonville, FL – Around 50 community members rallied outside the Duval County Courthouse on Friday, June 20, to demand Justice for Charles Faggart and police accountability. Organized by the family of Charles Faggart along with the Jacksonville Community Action Committee and Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network, community members rallied almost two months after Faggart’s death at the hands of nine Jacksonville Sheriff Office’s (JSO) correctional officers.

https://fightbacknews.org/articles/jacksonville-continues-to-demand-justice-for-charles-community-control-of

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Apr 4, 2023
For #Black #Chicagoans, the mayoral election is about #communitycontrol of the #police
https://www.fightbacknews.org/2023/4/3/commentary-black-chicagoans-mayoral-election-about-community-control-police
Commentary: For Black Chicagoans, the mayoral election is about community control of the police

Chicago, IL - Two factors have made public safety a lynchpin issue in the upcoming mayoral election between Brandon Johnson, former teacher supported by the Chicago Teacher’s Union, and Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, backed by the Fraternal Order of the Police (FOP).

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samharkusNov 26, 2022
Warm-hearted, wonderful Aunty Dulcie Flowers reminiscing about the first few days of the Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern. On the third day after doors opened, the first patient walked in. On the fourth day, a family walked in with a young girl with ear infection: their first family ❤️ #communitycontrol #Aboriginalhealth
samharkusNov 26, 2022
Gary Foley, zooming in from sunny Melbourne, to talk about the establishment of the Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern. Incredible people in his recollections: Mum Shirl, Gordon Briscoe, Gary Williams, Fred Hollows, Naomi, Mayers (who ‘kept the ship together for the greatest part of its history’) the Pope’s representative… such a privilege to listen. #communitycontrol #Aboriginalhealth #alwayswasalwayswillbe #champions #selfdetermination
samharkusNov 26, 2022
Very, very happy to be at 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern: the first Aboriginal community controlled health service in Australia. Gadigal Elder Uncle Allen Madden welcoming us to Country. #alwayswasalwayswillbe #communitycontrol
Photo from the audience, Uncle Allen Madden on stage, many people listening.
MACC NYCAug 28, 2021

Horrible damage is done in these daily, routine encounters that few will ever know about let alone rectify. A truly just future system will be one of collective empowerment in which #WeKeepUsSafe. #Abolition #CommunityControl #PowerFromBelow

https://nyti.ms/3BlCaot

When Police Lie, the Innocent Pay. Some Are Fighting Back.

Video from body cameras, doorbells and cellphones is revealing discrepancies between what police officers report and what actually happened.

The New York Times
Earleigh333Jul 11, 2021

#police #DefundThePolice #communitycontrol #Community #socialism

https://www.blackagendareport.com/community-control-police-and-whole-lot-more

Community Control of the Police – and a Whole Lot More | Black Agenda Report

Abolition of the police begins with community control, in which community representatives not only hire, fire and oversee the cops, but decide the nature of the policing that is necessary and acceptable. “Movements are about amassing power to the people, not collecting promises from corporate flunkies.”

kavbojkaMar 13, 2021
"As things now stand, parents have little authority over those whom they share the task of raising their children. They deal with those others from a position of inferiority or helplessness. The obvious reason for this is that the state not the parents pays the bill for the professional services or at least signs the paycheck.... If parents organised and hired their own experts, things might be different." - Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism (1979) #unschooling #communitycontrol