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Prison Reform: Taking Action Against Mass Incarceration, Inadequate Prison Reform, and Abusive Gu...Help three Bellingham High School juniors raise awareness and bring about a change in the ineffective and unethical American prison system.79 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Cody Trinkaus
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Park Ridge Police Department Age DiscriminationMost people I know from the Park Ridge area, including myself, have been pulled over in Park Ridge at least once for various reasons. As 20-year-olds, my friends and I can say without hesitation that the Park Ridge police department looks for younger drivers on the road and will pull them over and know that they can write them up and give them a hard time. It’s rare to drive through Park Ridge Town without seeing flashing lights and someone pulled over and it’s time that the police start to serve and protect its citizens instead of targeting them.38 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Robert Callaghan
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End The Epidemic of Missing Black Women and GirlsTo glean more serious law enforcement investigations and more attention from the national media to end the disappearances and recover these missing women and girls.118 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Theresa Beverly
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Safety for the 17th Chicago Police DistrictOver the last few months, we've seen a worrying increase in the amount of violent crime in Albany Park, Avondale, Irving Park and other communities. This petition is supported by the following community leaders, and organizations: - Jaime Andrade, 40th District State Representative - Avondale Triangle Community Group - Horner Park Neighbors - TRIP - The Residents of Irving Park This list will be updated as more people sign-on. For more information please visit us at Facebook.com/SafetyFor171,886 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Rep. Jaime Andrade
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Fire Stephen MillerA new expose of over 900 emails sent by Stephen Miller to Breitbart news confirm what we’ve known for years: he’s a white nationalist. The Southern Poverty Law Center reported on hundreds of emails Miller sent to Breitbart (provided by a former Breitbart employee), emails that tout eugenics, include links to whit nationalist sites, and sent them tips on anti-immigrant and anti-Black stories to run. A white nationalist has no place dictating immigration policy in the White House.4,947 of 5,000 SignaturesCreated by Alexis Goldstein
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Chyna Tameka Briscoe-Gray vs Unregistered Sex OffendersUnfortunately I come from a long line of family members being sexually abused and the abuse being swept under the rug while the abuser is allowed to roam the streets free. Because of the negligence of both my parents my sisters future is in jeopardy. All of my siblings and I have been sexually abused and/or exposed by different individuals and neither of our parents have made the adequate decisions to properly protect us. The objective of this petition is to pass legislation that any person that has been complicit in any minors sexual abuse should be held at the same level of accountability as the actual perpetrator of the abuse.50 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Unique Briscoe
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Atatiana Jefferson deserves justice NOWBlack people cannot go a single day without having to bear the pain of knowing we are not safe even in the comfort of our own homes in this country. Another white police officer in Texas has killed a Black person doing nothing but relaxing in their own home, only a couple weeks after the sentencing of Amber Guyger. Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old pre-med student, was at home playing video games with her nephew when police were dispatched to her home after a neighbor noticed her doors were open late at night. He wanted someone to check and make sure she was okay. Instead of making a quick safety check, the police arrived, saw Atatiana moving inside her own home and the officer, who did not self-identify as an officer, yelled "put your hands up" from outside and shot into her window within seconds. He gave Atatiana no time to comply, and no warning. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Within 24 hours, the mayor released body-cam footage of the incident and said the officer was being placed on administrative leave. But that's not nearly enough. Every single time police kill Black people with impunity, they are given time to alter their story, time to villainize the victim, time to figure out how they will escape accountability this time. And we've had enough. Atatiana Jefferson deserves justice NOW. This police officer shouldn't get to remain anonymous and they shouldn't get to stay on the payroll while Atatiana's family has to reckon with the fact that their aunt, sister, and daughter is gone and never coming back. We know we can't rely on the police to investigate themselves nor can we rely on the corrupt district attorney in Tarrant County. DA Sharen Wilson has refused to prosecute killer cops before--most recently in the killing of O'Shae Terry. And she's the same district attorney who prosecuted Crystal Mason, a Black woman who was criminally charged for voting in the election. Sign the petition and help us demand justice for Atatiana. We're calling for: -The officer's identity be revealed and that they are fired immediately. -An independent criminal investigation and the appointment of a special prosecutor. We can't rely on the police to investigate themselves. And we can't rely on Tarrant County DA to deliver justice in this case.36 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Pulin Modi
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No kill animal shelters in CaliforniaIf we passed a law that punishes animal abusers, how can we turn around and kill the animals we are trying to protect? The euthanizing of beautiful animals is cruel and this affects me since I have rescued my own pets.85 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sylvia Marquez Jacobowitz
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Claim pets on taxesTo lessen the number of animals being euthanized each year.27 of 100 SignaturesCreated by james Edward kayse
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Bring RONIN homeProof is in the numbers right?! Let's all stand together and prove where K9 Ronin belongs. Let's help get this hero home with his humans. Brits backstory on Ronin & Her family ⬇⬇ BRING RONIN HOME Many of you know the story of what is happening to my husband Arthur Wallin. A decorated K9 Police officer who was fired on Thursday for petty political and selfish reasons, but there is possibly an even greater misjustice going on. Ronin is an 8 year old police dog who has lived with our family for his whole life. Ronin is known all over the county for being extremely successful K9 police dog. Capturing tons of bad guys and keeping the county safe. Being a police dog you can image Ronin is a special dog who is EXTREMELY attached to Arthur. Ronin becomes stressed and nervous when not with Arthur because of the dangerous and stressful work they did every day. Ty Trenary, The Sheriff, decided to take this old, sick dog from the only family it’s ever known, for no reason. Ronin has been diagnosed with a degenerate spinal condition that will make him go paralyzed at any time. To work this dog with another handler would be impossible, let alone cruel in itself. Ronin is a living animal that deserves to be treated with respect after the 7 years of serving this county, I would think he deserves to live out his remaining years at home with the family who has loved and cared for him for the past 7 years. At this point, the Sheriff’s Office is only keeping Ronin from living at home with his family because they can. I’m asking for help to let Ronin come home!!!! My children didn’t even get to say goodbye to the dog who has been a constant part of their whole lives. It’s wrong to treat humans like this, but a blameless hard working-dog……. Please help me right this wrong. Make some noise and let's get Ronin home!!! #rightthiswrong #EverettHerald It’s time to email the Sheriff! If we get everyone to email him and tell him how unjust this is, then maybe we can get Ronin home soon! The sheriff's email is: [email protected] It's public info so everyone, send an email:)!!189 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Brittany Hartshorn
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Make owning a flamingo legalCause I want to own a flamingo.17 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Zachary ross
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It’s Time to Listen: Native Hawaiian Protectors Have More to Teach Us About Our Relationship wit...Background: Many traditional Hawaiians honor Mauna Kea (“White Mountain”) on the Big Island of Hawai’i as the holiest of ancient Hawaiian sacred sites, some say in all of Polynesia, the literal meeting place of earth and heaven in Hawaiian cosmology and home of the gods. Native Hawaiian Protectors of Mauna Kea have been encamped at the base of their mountain temple for months, engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience, prayer, hula, chant, song, and other spiritual rituals. The Hawaiian elders are doing what they peacefully can to prevent construction of an 18-story thirty-meter telescope (TMT) atop their sacred Mauna Kea, ascending to 32,696 feet from its Hilo flank on the ocean floor, the tallest mountain on Earth. The Hawaiian encampment is intended to obstruct construction equipment (but not astronomers who work at existing observatories on the mountain). Thirteen telescopes already sit atop Mauna Kea, but that degree of space-sharing has not sufficed, and next-generation technology is now decreed, with a construction budget of 1.4 billion dollars. Dozens of kapuna (Hawaiian elders) who have nonviolently protested new construction have been arrested. The Hawaiian people have historically been dominated and mistreated, symbolized by the decimation of 90 percent of the native Hawaiian population by post-contact Western diseases, the banning of the hula and the speaking of the Hawaiian language, the armed overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy by Western businessmen, the early imposition of voting restrictions on Hawaiians, sacred Hawaiian islands sites being used for military bombing practice, and military tank training and war games held at the base of Mauna Kea to this day. Related scenarios have been imposed repeatedly on Native American Indians, Alaskan Eskimos, Brazilian Indian tribes, Australian Aborigines, and other cultural groups. Presumed racial superiority and cultural insensitivity prevail as those in power unceasingly exert their will. For the past 150 years, mankind has mercilessly contaminated and destroyed so much of Mother Nature, and dismissed, mocked, and subjugated the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with her for millennia, and are crying out in her behalf. Our planet and her peoples are at serious risk: our sciences tell us this, and the stark evidence faces us daily. These are not “normal” times, and it should no longer be “Business as Usual: Full Speed Ahead!” We have plugged our ears to indigenous peoples for far too long as “Progress” has been given unbridled go-ahead. We no longer hear Mother Nature speak, and she needs native peoples’ voices, chants, dances, songs, stories for her communication with humankind. We need to restore sacred relationship and respectful connection with our Mother Nature. Before it is irreparably late, may we slow down, respectfully listen, and learn. Please sign this petition to show support for Native Hawaiian Protectors and their allies, for Hawaii’s Governor, and Hilo’s Mayor who are currently encouraging police restraint, and for the future of humanity.41 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Ronald D. Gordon, Ph.D.