Event description
“Our state Democrats were working hard for you this spring! Come hear Rep. Naquetta Ricks of Aurora talk about this amazing legislative session.”
What to say
Let you legislator know you were disappointed SB62 and SB273 didn’t pass this session.
Ask how we can help her champion bills next session that protect Coloradans by ending the criminalization of poverty by ending cash bail.
60% of Coloradans in jail right now are only there because they are too poor to pay bail, making our justice system intolerably unjust.
Ask her how we can help herchampion bills next session that protect Coloradans from over-policing and systemic racism in policing by issuing a summons instead of automatically arresting for low-level offenses.
Colorado is 6th in the nation for overall police killings, 5th in the nation for police killings of Black people, and that over half (54%) of policing killings since 2013 started in response to low-level or NO level offenses, like mental health calls and traffic tickets.
Legislation is especially important for Aurora, Colorado, where police use force against Black people at more than 3 times the rate of white people. The rate of misdemeanor arrests are up to 7 times higher for Black people than white people, and 66% of cases where force was used by Aurora Police were for misdemeanor or petty offenses.
Learn more
Check out this page full of talking points that show the dire need for dismantling the systems that harm our neighbors in Colorado.