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fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 week ago

Philanthropy Must Defend the Right to Bear Witness | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

"Are you okay?" These were Alex Pretti's last words, said to a woman after ICE agents had tackled and pepper-sprayed her. Videos from bystanders show Pretti holding up a phone, attempting to document what was happening before he himself was pepper-sprayed, wrestled to the ground, and killed by those officers. He lost his life not for committing violence, but for documenting it, and stepping in to protect someone facing it.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon

City residents used direct confrontation, relentless documentation, and social-media memes to resist ICE raids and expose enforcement actions.
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