• Sentencing Enhancement
    The courts are sentencing defendants to gang/gun enhancements per victim involved and not per incident. Stacking these enhancements makes the sentencing unrealistic. To sentence 100+ years in prison serves no real purpose since the defendant has nothing to lose while incarcerated, good behavior or bad behavior. With 100+ years there's no possibility of rehabilitation because the defendant knows there is no release from the prison system with that type of sentence.
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  • Dan May: Press Charges Against Jack Rogers for the Murder of Jesse Garcia
    Jesse Garcia, 23, was murdered in a Taco Bell parking lot in Colorado Springs on July 17th, 2016. His murderer, Jack Rogers, an 80-year-old white male at the time of the incident, has a documented history of racial harassment in his neighborhood, a family connection to an officer in the CSPD, and a case that doesn't add up. The 4th District Attorney Dan May made a quick decision not to press charges against Jack Rogers based on a surveillance video that has not yet been released. We demand that charges be brought against Jack Rogers, allowing a full investigation into the nature of the shooting. As District Attorney, Dan May's job is to bring justice to those whose voices have been silenced, and he failed to do so. Why Press Charges? • Police report lists the two as strangers, when in reality, Jack lived across the street from Jesse's grandmother. • Jack kept meticulous records of who entered and exited the neighborhood, frequently using racial slurs to describe Jesse's family members. • While the case is described as a road-rage incident, there seems to be no evidence of this other than Jack's testimony. • The written report of the video and of witnesses describe Jesse as not gesturing, not raising his voice, not yelling moments before he was shot by Jack. • Jack claims that Jesse grabbed the gun and it accidentally went off, yet no prints of any kind were found on the gun. Jack is a former officer himself and would know about preserving fingerprints. • Jack has a family relationship with a Colorado Springs officer.
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  • Overturn the EXTREME 30 SENTENCE
    2- 30 year sentencing for a crime Donald Williams V24006was not responsible for. He was involved in a high speed chase (not in a commission of a felony) and he did not even know he was being chased and he has been accountable for the death of an office who was clearly violating the law by high speed chasing him on a motor vehicle.
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  • Nebraska: Don't Send Cops to #NoDAPL Protest at Standing Rock
    On October 28, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he intervene to protect Native Americans peacefully protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. [1] At least 140 people were arrested at the construction site in Cannon Ball, N.D., last Wednesday after police moved in with tanks and riot gear, using sound cannons, pepper spray and rubber bullets. Hundreds of Native American protectors have gathered at the site since April to protest the pipeline’s construction on land they claim is tribal under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. States which have recently deployed personnel against the Standing Rock protests include Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Nebraska, according to an October 23 press release from the Morton County Sheriff's Department. [2] Some Minnesota elected officials called on Minnesota authorities not to send police officers to the Dakota Access Pipeline protest at Standing Rock after it was revealed that the Hennepin County Sheriff had done so. [3] Urge Governor Ricketts and Nebraska legislators to discourage Nebraska law enforcement agencies from sending police officers to the #NoDAPL protest at Standing Rock by signing our petition. References: 1. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/obama-protect-native?r_by=1135580 2. http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/10/27/emergency-assistance-law-dakota-access-pipeline-out-state-cops 3. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/minnesota-dont-send-cops?r_by=1135580
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  • Wyoming: Don't Send Cops to #NoDAPL Protest at Standing Rock
    On October 28, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he intervene to protect Native Americans peacefully protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. [1] At least 140 people were arrested at the construction site in Cannon Ball, N.D., last Wednesday after police moved in with tanks and riot gear, using sound cannons, pepper spray and rubber bullets. Hundreds of Native American protectors have gathered at the site since April to protest the pipeline’s construction on land they claim is tribal under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. States which have recently deployed personnel against the Standing Rock protests include Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Nebraska, according to an October 23 press release from the Morton County Sheriff's Department. [2] Some Minnesota elected officials called on Minnesota authorities not to send police officers to the Dakota Access Pipeline protest at Standing Rock after it was revealed that the Hennepin County Sheriff had done so. [3] Urge Governor Mead and Wyoming legislators to discourage Wyoming law enforcement agencies from sending police officers to the #NoDAPL protest at Standing Rock by signing our petition. References: 1. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/obama-protect-native?r_by=1135580 2. http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/10/27/emergency-assistance-law-dakota-access-pipeline-out-state-cops 3. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/minnesota-dont-send-cops?r_by=1135580
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  • South Dakota: Don't Send Cops to #NoDAPL Protest at Standing Rock
    On October 28, Senator Bernie Sanders sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he intervene to protect Native Americans peacefully protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. [1] At least 140 people were arrested at the construction site in Cannon Ball, N.D., last Wednesday after police moved in with tanks and riot gear, using sound cannons, pepper spray and rubber bullets. Hundreds of Native American protectors have gathered at the site since April to protest the pipeline’s construction on land they claim is tribal under the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. States which have recently deployed personnel against the Standing Rock protests include Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Nebraska, according to an October 23 press release from the Morton County Sheriff's Department. [2] Some Minnesota elected officials called on Minnesota authorities not to send police officers to the Dakota Access Pipeline protest at Standing Rock after it was revealed that the Hennepin County Sheriff had done so. [3] Urge Governor Daugaard and South Dakota legislators to discourage South Dakota law enforcement agencies from sending police officers to the #NoDAPL protest at Standing Rock by signing our petition. References: 1. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/obama-protect-native?r_by=1135580 2. http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/10/27/emergency-assistance-law-dakota-access-pipeline-out-state-cops 3. http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/minnesota-dont-send-cops?r_by=1135580
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  • End the Life Sentence on my friend David Valentino Johnson Jr. for a Non-Violent Drug Offense! We...
    My friend was sentenced to life in federal prison for a non-violent drug offense, which is not fair in today's world. This outrageous sentence for non-violent drug offenses should be stopped and overturned!
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  • PARDON US ARMY VETERAN MIGUEL PEREZ
    All veterans deserve the proper care and resources upon returning home from active duty and should never be deported! They defended this country and they deserve to live in it!
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    Created by Sara Walker
  • DA Devon Anderson is sending Black folks to jail for being poor
    A corrupt bail and witness bond system has turned jail into prison for people who are too poor to pay their way out--and it’s claimed the lives of 55 people over the past 6 years. These atrocities have only gotten worse under the leadership of Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson. One thing is clear: DA Anderson has no place in office.
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  • TELL NORTH DAKOTA STATE'S ATTORNEY: DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST JOURNALIST AMY GOODMAN!
    This petition is necessary to raise our collective voices against the attempt by government officials in North Dakota to intimidate and silence an award-winning journalist, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, who was just doing her job on September 3, 2016, by covering protests of construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline by Native Americans and others opposed to the project. Democracy Now!’s report went viral online, was viewed more than 14 million times on Facebook, and was rebroadcast on many outlets, including CBS, NBC, NPR, CNN, MSNBC and the Huffington Post. This bold attempt to undermine the First Amendment should be abhorrent to all freedom-loving people in the USA and around the world--regardless of whether you are a progressive, conservative or independent. By aggressively fighting these baseless charges, Amy Goodman is standing up for my First Amendment rights, and for the rights of everyone in America. We must support her and stop this attempt at government suppression of a free press! A critical hearing in the case will be help very soon. Please sign my petition now! Thank you all!!
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  • Hold Wells Fargo Executives Accountable
    Wells Fargo employees broke the law by opening more than two million accounts without customer permission. While 5,300 Wells Fargo low-level employees were fired, CEO John Stumpf, who just resigned, is still walking away with around $130 million dollars. CEO John Stumpf resigned, but this does not go far enough to hold Wells Fargo accountable. Tell the Department of Justice to investigate top executives to determine whether criminal misconduct was condoned or covered-up by senior officials.
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  • Reno Police Department: Hold The Driver of The Car, Who Used His Vehicle as A Weapon, Accountable!!!
    Public Awareness helps to Keep All Protestors Safe from violence! A group of Native American Protestors were holding a peaceful protest, until approached by someone who was yelling racial slurs. Although, they may not have had a permit to demonstrate, no one has a right to use their vehicle as a weapon, and drive through a crowd of human beings. The right to protest in this country is a right we all share. Don't allow a mad man to get away with attempted vehicular manslaughter making all of us less safe. This is another hate crime committed by white individuals against a group of indigenous people. A crime is a crime, no matter the color of the humans involved. Stand Together People, Protect Your Right to Protest. Demand that the Reno Police Department not be among the many police departments around the country which allow a race biased culture to be a part of our city.
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