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TOP Presents Reform Demands to Chief Hall

David Villalobos, a campaign coordinator for the Texas Organizing Project, made the following statement in response to an organizational meeting with Dallas Police Department Chief Hall:
“Having publicly called on Chief Hall’s resignation following her reaction to the June 1st peaceful protest on the Margaret Hunt Bridge, a group of…

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New Report “Justice Can’t Wait” Calls on City Leaders to Act Immediately

Civil rights and community groups say city hasn’t enacted existing recommendations to address police violence and racial disparities, provide model ordinances for policing reform

HOUSTON – Mayor Sylvester Turner, the Houston City Council, and Police Chief Art Acevedo already have the information they need to enact meaningful reforms to address…

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Demand in Houston is Clear: Defund the Police

Again today, Houston residents made it clear that they want the Houston Police Department defunded. At today’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee hearing, speaker after speaker, including several members of the Texas Organizing Project, made impassioned pleas for reducing the budget of the police department and redirecting those funds…

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Juneteenth: A Day of Reflection

Recent events, the killing of Black people by police, the pandemic and white people calling the police on Black people for living, have given new urgency to finally ending the systemic oppression Black people have endured for more than 400 years. The Texas Organizing Project today is celebrating Juneteenth by…

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Celebrating DACA being upheld