I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in there. When you go to see a criminal, you are by relation a criminal and subject to be treated like one.
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public. - Cecily Mcmillan
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public.
- Cecily Mcmillan
If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been told by COs unofficially o… - Cecily Mcmillan
If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and have been told by COs unofficially o…
I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is someth… - Cecily Mcmillan
I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial terms. That is someth…
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American … - Cecily Mcmillan
We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American …
I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in there. When you go to see a … - Cecily Mcmillan
I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my friends in there. When you go to see a …
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh. - Cecily Mcmillan
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And I thought that was wrong - duh.
You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative therapy. - Cecily Mcmillan
You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They need rehabilitative therapy.
I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's really scary. - Cecily Mcmillan
I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's really scary.
I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO wings - an "MO" is a "Me… - Cecily Mcmillan
I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO wings - an "MO" is a "Me…
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