Aziz1989 (@Aziz198913) profile picture

Formerly Incarcerated Juvenile Lifer, Office Associate at Re:Store Justice.

Joined June 2020
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I pray that people rush to be injected with the will to change the injustices of the legal system, the same way they're rushing to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
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The lady of justice really is blind because if she wasn't she would see the inequality, and biases occurring throughout the legal system.
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Let's be real and acknowledge that the United States of America is still functioning with the same foul spirit that it was 400 years ago. She just learned mask it well using skilled deception tactics.
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In order to see systemic change the ppl must continue to apply pressure on every government institution and official.
Don’t stop protesting for BLM & systemic change if Biden wins. Because America, you have a habit of using black, brown, indigenous & poor ppl to get what you want.
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We can't have an elected government that represents all of us when some members of our community are being excluded from our elections and denied the ability to participate in our democracy. Today is the day to vote #YesOnProp17 to #FreeTheVote because #DemocracyNeedsEveryone.
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It's going to take a collaboration of voices and a collective effort from those of us who desire freedom, justice and equality for the masses.
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If what we're investing in is not enhancing the quality of human life, making our communities safer and our schools better equipped to prepare our children for the the future then it's a waste.
I voted for many reasons. But one is because I pay taxes and they’re giving my money to policing & prisons. It may not change much, but I can’t just pay for police & correctional officers’ salaries quietly.
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Although I'm currently on parole and I can't vote. The seriousness of voting is important to me. I'm made sure I showed up with my other half to support her as she cast votes for #YesOnProp17 and #NoOnProp20.
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Taking accountability for ones actions shouldn't just apply to the less fortunate, it should apply to those that are privileged as well.
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Gratitude! I'm so grateful to be free, healthy and sane. After serving 23 yrs of a 36 to life prison sentence. I've learned to be grateful and appreciative of the basic necessities of life that I once took for granted.
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I survived one of the worst pandemics known to man. Prison!!! And I pose no threat to public safety.
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The way you feel about trump trying to prevent people from voting is exactly how currently and formerly incarcerated ppl have been feeling like, forever.
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My friend tested negative on 6/25 and died on 7/25. He was mixed with positive cases after he tested negative. San Quentin doesn’t have anything under control & these are the conditions he was forced to live in before he died:
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They are humans with families and they deserve to be treated fairly.
#7. What is something you want to tell the world about your friends and colleagues who are still inside? #SystemFailedUs #FIP
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Covid19 has placed everyone in prison on deathrow literally. It's impossible to practice physical distance.
#6. The pandemic and #COVID19 seems to have taken a small back-seat role to the uprising. What are your concerns about Covid19 in our prison/jail facilities today? #SystemFailedUs #FIP
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What the public should know is that these organizations that are so-called designed to keep our public safe are deeply rooted in brutal tactics that continue to keep the wounds of pain and trauma open opposed helping heal these wounds.
#5. Video after video of police brutality and impunity has brought this issue to the forefront of public consciousness. What should the public know about the brutality that incarcerated people experience each day behind prison walls? #SystemFailedUs #FIP
The prison system is degrading and unproductive. It's designed to break ones spirit and it breeds division and violence between races.
#4. Did going to prison help you or harm you? Why? #SystemFailedUs #FIP
I had a strong desire to play organized sports, but it costed so I wasn't allowed to participate. If these were available to me I believe I wouldn't have joined a gang and traveled down a destructive path.
#3. There’s a call to #DefundThePolice & reallocate that money to communities most impacted by policing. In what ways did the hyper-policing of communities of color contribute to your incarceration?
I grew up in South Central Los Angeles/ Watts. I was raised by my mother up until the age of 10, when my stepfather entered my life. I dealt with my pain and childhood traumas by shutting down and playing sports. I eventually joined a gang out of peer pressure.
#2. Can you share some of what your childhood was like? How did you cope (or not cope) with your traumas and pain as a youth? What community or government services came to help you? #SystemFailedUs #FIP
CA. 14yrs old 1st police contact. 10th grade is when I dropped out of school. I was arrested charged as an adult at the age of 17, and sentence to 36 yrs to life. I served 23 yrs and was released August 17, 2018. I've out for 1 yr and 10 months.
Replying to @akhan1437
CA. 12yrs old 1st police contact at. I dropped out of school in 11th grade. Age 18 arrested & sentenced to 25yrs to life. We changed the law & I ended up serving 16 yrs. I’ve been out since Jan 2019. I’m Co-Founder & Executive Director of Re:Store Justice. #SystemFailedUs #FIP