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bill.peduto@pittsburghpa.gov, rich.fitzgerald@alleghenycounty.us

Subject:
12 demands to defund the police and invest in Black communities

Message:

My name is ____ and I demand action on these 12 demands presented by the Allegheny County Black Activist and Organizer Collective on June 15:

  1. Defund the police, fund Black communities
  2. Demilitarize the police
  3. End the criminalization of Black people
  4. Remove all police from schools
  5. Make all collective bargaining with police public
  6. Terminate Pittsburgh Fraternal Order of Police President Robert Swartzwelder (a city police officer)
  7. Disband all private police departments
  8. End “no knock” warrants
  9. Cease partnership with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
  10. End cash bail
  11. Release of all vulnerable individuals from jail
  12. Create an independent, fully funded civilian review board

Thank you,

[NAME]
[ADDRESS]

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