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DESCRIPTION:#Justice4StevenTaylor: A Mental Health Crisis Should Not Be a Death 
 Sentence\n\nWhat: Car Caravan to Demand Justice for Steven Taylor\nWhen: 
 Saturday, April 25th at 2:30 pm\nStarting Location: 24 Hour Fitness, 304 
 Bayfair Mall, San Leandro\n\nOn Saturday, April 18, 2020, Steven Taylor was 
 shot and killed unnecessarily by a San Leandro Police Department Officer. 
 On this Saturday, April 25th - one week after his brutal murder - at 
 2:30pm, the Anti Police-Terror Project will convene a car caravan to demand 
 justice for him and his family.\n\nUp to 50% of the people killed by law 
 enforcement are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Law enforcement 
 agencies are not equipped to handle these calls, they don’t have adequate 
 training and many of them don’t want the job. These result in unnecessary 
 deaths, trauma and pain. And those that are killed disproportionately 
 Black.\n\n“We are past the time for a shift in how we respond to mental 
 health crises,’ said James Burch of APTP. “That’s why APTP Sacramento 
 launched MH First to create a community-lead response to mental health that 
 responds with compassion and care, not a badge and a gun.”\n\nFor the 
 last six years, APTP has been on the Bay Area frontlines in responding to 
 state violence. In the time of COVID-19, organizers have had to shift 
 strategies and tactics. To that end, we will do everything to keep people 
 safe, using social distancing and keeping people in their cars.\n\nWe are 
 asking folks to respect the following:\nThis will be a car caravan to avoid 
 transmission of COVID-19 among participants and the public. We apologize to 
 those who are denied access because of this, and we are looking for ways to 
 make our actions more inclusive during this time.\n- We ask everyone to 
 bring masks. We ask folks who want to have their windows down to wear their 
 masks.\n- We ask everyone to only ride with folks with whom they are 
 sheltering in place.\n- We ask everyone to stay in their cars.\n- We ask 
 everyone to follow the lead of our identified security\n\n“There is no 
 other word to describe what happened to Steven Taylor than murder,” said 
 Cat Brooks of the Anti Police-Terror Project. “Police should have cleared 
 the Walmart and used time and distance to deescalate. What’s more, this 
 was a clear violation of state law that limits when LEAs can use deadly 
 force. We are interested in how San Leandro PD has rewritten their Use of 
 Force policy to accommodate the law or if they have done this work at 
 all.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/18832586.php
SUMMARY:Ride for Justice for Steven Taylor
LOCATION:24 Hour Fitness - San Leandro\n304 Bay Fair Mall, San Leandro
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/18832586.php
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