LIVE FREE Texas Campaign Manager Brittany White visited WBUR Radio to discuss the most recent mass shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH. “Yes, it is absolutely important that we condemn white supremacy for the evil that it is in this country… We should pray and act. We should condemn white supremacy from our pulpits and we should call our congressmen and demand that they have moral courage… Often times, what you hear to excuse urban gun violence is “black-on-black” crime and “white-on-white” crime but I want to be clear that stats show that the race of people are more than likely to kill that same race of people. So when we say black-on-black, we do a disservice when we don’t mention white-on-white crime as well.” Listen to the full conversation here.
Faith in Texas Democracy Fellow Tiara Cooper on Fox4 News: Judges Working Towards Dallas County Bail Reform
“I do know I was wrong for what I did,” she said. “But the fact that other people are coming in doing the same thing I did, they are just as wrong as me. But if they have the money, they can go home to their families and work out their case.”
Maria Robles in Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Why critics protesting Trump’s child detentions won’t give up
She wants lawmakers to use funding to help the migrants instead of hiring more agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. “We were there to highlight our despair for all of these lives that have been lost. It’s really sad that this is a partisan issue when life is not about partisanship,” she said. “Our message was invest in love, not hate.”