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Activists gather outside California jails, call for mass clemency to stop COVID-19 spread
The Hill ^ | 10 06 2020 | John Bowden

Posted on 10/06/2020 4:41:19 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Activists gathered outside dozens of California detention centers and called for Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to grant mass clemency to inmates in response to surging rates of COVID-19 infections in prisons around the country.

A press release from the California Liberation Collective indicated that protesters gathered in 30 separate locations outside of various state detention facilities including California State Prison Solano and San Quentin State Prison, where activists displayed banners referring to the facilities as Newsom's "COVID death camp[s]."

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"He was told he would be released and he signed parole papers to be released in July due to COVID, but the state has yet to release him. We are speaking out not only on behalf of my brother, but all family members who have loved ones who are at risk due to COVID. We are urging humanity over punishment," the activist, Najmah Brown, added.

A list of demands released by the California Liberation Collective along with the protests called on Newsom to grant mass clemency to inmates and a cessation of the transfer of suspected undocumented immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

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"With the stroke of the pen [Newsom] can free people from state prisons, through mass clemency and emergency release; he can stop transferring our community members in between prisons and ICE detention centers, which is a proven source of the spread of the virus; he can stop allowing immigration detention to expand in California; and he can hold the detention industry accountable," added Priya Arvind Patel, an immigration attorney with Centro Legal de la Raza, told The Hill.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: covid19; ice; laraza; prisonreform
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To: yesthatjallen

These inmates are the most likely to ignore Covid restrictions and refuse to wear masks. They are the most likely to spread Covid (according to Dr Fauxi).


21 posted on 10/06/2020 6:01:42 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: yesthatjallen

The democrats want as much chaos as possible.


22 posted on 10/06/2020 6:04:15 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: yesthatjallen

Soros is behind this somehow.


23 posted on 10/06/2020 7:17:03 PM PDT by Revel
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To: hanamizu

La Raza translates to The Race.

It is a Hispanic group trying to reclaim Calif/Ariz/New Mexico/Texas.

A HINDU lawyer trying to get us to support La RAZA???

Time to shut down ALL our borders to all the in truders.


24 posted on 10/07/2020 6:33:25 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Revel

Most, if not all, commiedemscum revolutions
freed convicts to use as
a destabilizing force
and useful idiot cannon fodder.


25 posted on 10/07/2020 8:01:00 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran 10/17/78 to 11/24/84)
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