Houston Abolitionist Collective
Houston Abolitionist Collective (HAC) is "a group of organizers committed to building power and a movement around abolition in Houston and Harris County through political education, mutual aid, transformative justice, and community organizing to end policing, punitive justice, and harm".[1]
The group has also advocated for decreased funding of the Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff's Department to shift funding towards social services.[2][3] HAC supports cities hiring more mental health and health care workers to assist with 911 calls instead of dispatching armed police officers.[4] HAC also created an informational zine on police abolition which was on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston exhibit Rewrite the World in 2020 and 2021.[5][6]
In August 2022, HAC organized a block party to demand the City of Houston and Harris County cancel their contracts with ShotSpotter Inc..[7] The group raised concerns that the use of ShotSpotter's gunshot detection technology increases surveillance in minority communities and referenced a MacArthur Justice Center study concluding it has no significant impact on firearm-related homicides or arrest outcomes.[7]
References
- ↑ "Houston Abolitionist Collective". Houston Abolitionist Collective. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ DeBenedetto, Paul (2021-03-15). "Houston Mayor Turner Looks To Add More Police, Raise Firefighter Pay With Federal Stimulus". Houston Public Media. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ "Jan 31, 2023 Commissioners Court - Harris County, TX". harriscountytx.new.swagit.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ Limehouse, Jonathan (2023-01-28). "Houston leaders, community protest to Tyre Nichols police beating video". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ Pelzel, Darryl Alexander, Shelly Baker and Madeleine (2021-03-21). "Opinion: Mutual aid helped when government could not". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ↑ "http://rewritetheworld.mfah.yourcultureconnect.com/e/posters-and-zines". rewritetheworld.mfah.yourcultureconnect.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sessions, Kennedy (2022-08-16). "Updated: Houston Community Petitions Against ShotSpotter Surveillance". Texas Signal. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
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