An open letter written by activist Patrisse Cullors demanding “disinvestment from police and investment in Black communities” has received backing from several celebrities including John Legend, Lizzo, and Common, to name a few.
Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter and a founding member of the Movement 4 Black Lives, shared the message calling for the decreased funding of police forces and increased investment toward health care, education, and community programs to keep Black people safe.
It then dives deep into the compounded issues of COVID-19’s disproportionate effects on the Black community and “anti-Black police terror.”
Despite continued profiling, harassment, terror and killing of Black communities, local and federal decision-makers continue to invest in the police, which leaves Black people vulnerable and our communities no safer.”
The letter closes with a “call for the end to police terror” and three actionable demands for people to take back to their local officials.
