Event description
A virtual "Justice Matters" Town Hall with Reps. Meg Froelich and Tom Sullivan and guest CO Attorney General, Phil Weiser discussing the latest gun and justice related legislation that passed the 2021 General Assembly.
What to say
Let your legislator know you were disappointed SB62 and SB273 didn’t pass this session.
And ask them to champion bills next session that protect Coloradans by ending the criminalization of poverty by ending cash bail.
Make sure the know almost 60% of Coloradans in jail right now are only there because they are too poor to pay bail, making our justice system intolerably unjust.
And ask them to champion 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.
Make sure they know 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.
Background information
Tom Sullivan is a violent crime victim and needs to hear that crime victims support legislation to end cash bail and over-policing. He is also currently endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police.
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.