“Half-baked incarceration-based proposals inevitably exacerbate the problem and will likely result in catastrophic outcomes for this vulnerable population.” #SanJose #MattMahan #homelessness #criminalization
https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-critical-of-plan-to-arrest-homeless-people/
Santa Clara County critical of plan to arrest homeless people - San José Spotlight

Despite San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s claim his policy to arrest homeless people for refusing shelter is meant to connect them to treatment, there isn’t a plan for how it's supposed to work.

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@vfrmedia which again is the problem with #criminalization, because #OrganizeCrime doesn't do #QualityControl to the standards of #OTC or #prescription #drugs.

I've yet to hear of #Fentanyl contamination or forged #NSAID|s in circulation.

And yes, #Fentanyl is so dangerous, even most #Darknet #Markets and #Forums ban that shit for that reason alone and #dealers started to offer free Test Kits to check for it in their merchandise.

  • Cuz it's one thing to draw attention for a #VictimlessCrime but having an actual body count escalates things very quickly, cuz then it's not a "narcotics" but a "murder" division taking on the cases!

OFC, this is due to the #OpioidCrisis started with #Oxycontin / #Oxycodon and #criminalization isn't helping anyone.

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#CopCity is officially opening today, made possible only through extreme state #violence, including the murder of #Tortuguita, clearcutting of #forest #land, & mass #criminalization of #protesters.

But the fight does go on. Support for those facing charges is still critical.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Ecology

#israel #palestine : #criminalization

„[T]wo bills making their way through parliament would go further—denying funding for these groups & criminalizing some of their activities.
The bills, which cast some of these nongovernmental organizations (#NGOs) as foreign agents, would impose an 80% tax on the foreign government donations that sustain the groups as well as prison sentences of up to 5 years if they cooperate with the International Criminal Court (#ICC).“

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/15/israel-foreign-funding-law-ngos-civil-society-netanyahu/

Proposed Laws Would Devastate Rights Groups in Israel

Netanyahu’s government is targeting their foreign funding.

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"The New York Philharmonic and John Jay College of Criminal Justice co-present “Unjust Malaise: Julius Eastman and a Broken Mental Health System,” the third installment in “The Unanswered Questions” discussion series. The conversation, part of the Philharmonic’s “Authentic Selves: The Beauty Within” examination of issues of identity, focuses on the life of avant-garde composer Julius Eastman and the ways in which society ostracizes, or even criminalizes, behavior deemed to be deviant.

The panelists are Luciano Chessa, composer, music historian, and conductor; Leah Goodridge, Esq., Managing Attorney for Housing for Housing Policy at Mobilization for Justice; poet R. Nemo Hill & composer-performer Mary Jane Leach. Gayle Murchison, Associate Professor of Music at the College of William and Mary, moderates the discussion."—New York Philharmonic

Unjust Malaise: Julius Eastman and a Broken Mental Health System >

https://youtu.be/Nh7W0G0gHXY?feature=shared&t=1022

#panel #JuliusEastman #music #history #art #ostracism #intersection #healthcare #health #wellbeing #housing #justice #racism #trauma #criminalization #homelessness #poverty #eviction #uprisings #MentalHealth #MinimalMusic #NeoClassical #NYC ##OgranicMusic #GayRights #AfroAmerican #CivilRights #homosexuality #SocialJustice #video #NewYorkPhilharmonic #downtown

Unjust Malaise: Julius Eastman and a Broken Mental Health System

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Is criminalizing nonprofit environmental efforts the new strategy? Kash Patel aims to freeze assets of groups like Habitat for Humanity, citing dubious claims involving EPA grants. Court filings indicate the FBI is pursuing these alleged "criminal violations," raising concerns that attempts to silence climate initiatives are at play. Discover more about this alarming trend impacting nonprofits. Read more [here](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/fbi-freezes-assets-climate-grant). #ClimateChange #Nonprofits #EPA #Criminalization
FBI Freezes Assets Of Climate Grant Recipients For Fraud

“The idea of criminalizing community climate work wouldn’t have originated at the FBI - it likely comes from EPA director Lee Zeldin, who today cut all EPA’s environmental justice offices," Capitol Hunters reported.

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Stop Mayor Mahan's Abusiveness towards #Unhoused People: Sign the petition.
Tell the #SanJose Mayor & City Council that we will not accept the
#criminalization of homelessness and misappropriation of #housing funds.
#homeless #Homelessness #Mahan #California #uspol #petition
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From 2021: #Indigenous Leaders Speak Out About #Criminalization and #Silencing by #Putin Administration

"Indigenous organizations in Russia, allied organizations, and #CulturalSurvival have released an Open Letter to the Putin administration sounding an alarm about the growing intimidations and reprisals against #IndigenousActivists and rights defenders in Russia.

"These attacks are exemplified by the recent illegal detention of activist #AndreiDanilov (#Sámi) in the #Murmansk region. Danilov, Director of the Sámi Heritage and Development Foundation, was detained on August 29, 2021. Andrei Danilov was unlawfully detained by the police after, fearing for his safety, he refused to present his belongings for inspection without witnesses. He was detained for five days, charged with 'failure to comply with the lawful order of a police officer.'

"Danilov’s arrest is just one of the latest incidents in a series of acts of harassment against Indigenous activists and rights defenders in Russia in recent years. Days before, another Indigenous rights defender #StepanPetrov was declared a 'foreign media acting as a foreign agent' in the Republic of #Sakha on August 20, 2021. The 2012 Russian law on foreign agents, originally created to restrict international funding to Russian NGOs, is now being used to target individuals. Stepan Petrov (Sakha) is the first Indigenous person in Russia to receive the 'foreign agent' label. Petrov chairs the nonprofit group #Yakutia – Our Opinion, which is well-known in the region of the Republic of Sakha for their human rights work. The activist submitted numerous appeals to the United Nations calling on the Russian government to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (#UNDRIP) and to support civil society in Russia."

Read more:
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/indigenous-leaders-speak-out-about-criminalization-and-silencing-putin-administration
#Putin #IndigenousPeoples #Persecution #Genocide #RepublicOfSakha #Oppression #SamiPeoples

Indigenous Leaders Speak Out About Criminalization and Silencing by Putin Administration

Photo: Andrei Danilov (Sámi) Indigenous organizations in Russia, allied organizations, and Cultural Survival have released an Open Letter to the Putin administration sounding an alarm about the growing intimidations and reprisals against Indigenous activists and rights defenders in Russia. 

"The Crime Is Being Trans": Rep Zephyr Speaks On HB446

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