Things in Houston are heating up, and we don’t just mean the forecast. Anger is growing towards both city and county officials who increasingly are choosing to cut services while increasing funds to police, surveil, deport, and cage Houstonians. Community outrage has been expressed in meetings over the continued abuse and deaths happening in our jail and the for-profit outsourced facilities, but County officials continue to pass the buck and allegedly try to solve the issue by putting more money into the same crooked system. To add insult to injury, local police are increasingly turning over our friends, family, and neighbors to ICE while County officials feign outrage at Trump’s policies. Here’s a short round up of where you can learn more and get involved:
Video testimonies regarding issues in Harris County jail:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy82cU-8COO7Ip_zrnSq80GRev62dkPT2&si=jDXMxbnpMBV7YYB6
Family of Jaleen Anderson sues Harris County for accountability in his preventable death at a LaSalle facility.
Lina Hidalgo talks slashing library and other services for our most marginalized residents to fund policing and jail budgets.
Majority of Houston police calls to ICE have come on traffic stops
She called 911 to report domestic abuse. Then Houston police called ICE on her.
Follow these local campaigns to get involved:
Texas Abolitionists 