Jonathan (Jonny) Ballew

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JD from UIC Law.

I'm a Marine turned Journalist turned Lawyer (providing I pass the bar exam in July 🤞)

My work focuses on policing, homelessness, abolition, and liberation.

Soon to be Public Defender.

Bodéwadmi Ndaw (I am Potawatomi)

Everything is privatized or controlled and we aren't allowed to freely exist anywhere.

This is not natural. We are very sick.

#Landback

Lessons from 🥾 😋 Twitter

2nd Amendment: "NO STEP ON SNEK! 🐍"

4th Amendment: "JUST COMPLY!"

Link:

ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.net/antilles-resou…

Incredibly on brand legal news for ShotSpotter...

ShotSpotter refused to produce materials relating to the reliability of its system. 🫠

A teenager in the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack. The police arrested him.

Couldn't make bail. Would spend 2 years on Riker's island awaiting a trial.

-only for the charges to be dropped. Many were appalled, they set it up for him to go to community college. That's where I met him once- my electronics club. Made an LED Christmas tree-he seemed... so so so sad.

He took his own life later that year.

Anyways. Uh, Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail. #cw

Looking for my fellow prison abolitionists on Mastodon. #abolition

Me packing for the Holidays: I need every outfit I've ever thought about at my disposal.

Me during the Holidays: I will be wearing this same pair of sweatpants and Band T for the next 6 days.

Homelessness is America's punishment for not working until you die. Cruelty is the point because it is meant to be a cautionary tale.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is potentially planning to execute #MohammadMehdiKarami tomorrow. His parents are begging the world to share and save their son.

Karami was arrested at a funeral ceremony for #HadisNajafi who was shot during a protest.

Video from Mohammad's parents:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmXtJ3kg_6f/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Iranian Diaspora Collective on Instagram: "It is being reported that #MohammadMehdiKarami is in serious danger and at risk of being executed at any moment. Just recently, he contacted his father from prison and said, “They’ve given us our verdicts. Mine is execution. Don’t tell mom.” In this video, translated by @iranrights, his parents appeal to Iran’s judicial authorities to lift their son’s capital convictions. Mohammad is only 22 years old and a celebrated karate champion. Social media pressure works. Please be his voice now and share his story with his hashtag on Instagram and Twitter. We must act now as tomorrow may be too late. #iranrevolution #freeiran #betheirvoice #stopexecutionsiniran"

Iranian Diaspora Collective shared a post on Instagram: "It is being reported that #MohammadMehdiKarami is in serious danger and at risk of being executed at any moment. Just recently, he contacted his father from prison and said, “They’ve given us our verdicts. Mine is execution. Don’t tell mom.” In this video, translated by @iranrights, his parents appeal to Iran’s judicial authorities to lift their son’s capital convictions. Mohammad is only 22 years old and a celebrated karate champion. Social media pressure works. Please be his voice now and share his story with his hashtag on Instagram and Twitter. We must act now as tomorrow may be too late. #iranrevolution #freeiran #betheirvoice #stopexecutionsiniran". Follow their account to see 100 posts.

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I'm really hoping this becomes a space where more people are interested in decolonizing their minds. It gets pretty disheartening on the bird site to interact with so many people who have no interest in learning to view problems and solutions from a lens that isn't built on colonization and capitalism.