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This is the moment that people will point to when we
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“This system, this horrific treatment of our people has to change.” -
@UncleRUSH#CLOSERikers pic.twitter.com/CAzyHTUtFC -
Everyone taking a knee and raising a fist.
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Rikers named for the Ryckens, a slave-owning family. Is it a surprise that PoC comprise 89% of the population?
@glennEmartin#CLOSErikers -
What a fantastic, diverse, enthusiastic crowd here at the
#closerikers rally. Of course we're gonna win.@BilldeBlasiopic.twitter.com/qMUkZaOns8 -
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Today was a good day.
#CLOSErikerspic.twitter.com/aQHxULHOCP
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Today we marched to
#CLOSErikers. Tomorrow we continue our work to close it - one client at a time.@LegalAidNYC@glennEmartin@closerikers -
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#closeRIKERS and invest in restorative justice." - Linda Sarsour, Exc Dir of American Association of NY pic.twitter.com/eI1F6oSdwt -
“I stand here and I represent every woman that is on that island.” (c)
@feedingfaith#CLOSERikers pic.twitter.com/DwuTvOOBDK -
"I can no longer watch an institution wreak havoc on my neighbors." -
@OITNB'a@emilyalthaus at#CLOSErikers rally pic.twitter.com/VGA7TbpJLf -
Great to see
@alaa2325 with their union shirts. Thank you!#closerikers#1u Legal aid attorneys rock!pic.twitter.com/uOpMEcP9uz -
The handprints covering up the Rikers sign.
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Innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until bail is paid.
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Vast majority of sexual assaults at Rikers go unreported. Survivors needs don't go away just b/c victimization happens inside.
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It’s shocking that kids were brutalized at Rikers. Even more shocking? How widespread the abuse is. https://osf.to/1GAHMHg
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A speaker just reminded us that 70 million people in this country have criminal records; more than the population of France
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#CLOSErikers 85% of the population at Rikers are awaiting trial. Innocent until proven guilty or the other way around?#humanrights -
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Why we march? It costs taxpayers ~$209,000 to detain ONE person at Rikers for a year.
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RT actdottv: Thousands of people in
#NYC are in the streets demanding and end to Rikers Island prison#CLOSErikers pic.twitter.com/m4XVActroa
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