Community Not Cops Kjipuktuk

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Kjipuktuk based coalition working to defund, detask and abolish the police 🌱⛓️‍💥🍉 linktr.ee/communitynotcopskjipuktuk

Sam Austin, Shawn Cleary, Laura White and Virginia Hinch voted against the RCMP budget and all other councillors and the mayor voted in favour

The image features a bold yellow background with text in various sections. At the top, large bold text in yellow with a darker outline reads: "IT WORKED BEFORE!"
Below, in white text outlined in black:
"In 2020, community spoke out against purchase of a tank and the motion passed 16-1 to cancel it."
A white box beneath this contains smaller black text:
"Deputy Mayor Lisa Blackburn was another councillor who reconsidered. She thanked the hundreds of people who emailed her and said she feels like you can’t defund the police without a plan."
Further down, a series of yellow-highlighted quotes in black text are displayed:
• "There’s a lot of us that are having buyer’s remorse about the armoured vehicle, that’s for sure,” Coun. Waye Mason said in an interview Thursday.
• "Mason said he’s received nearly 350 emails this week about the armoured vehicle and defunding police generally."
• "I’m telling them I’ve changed my mind and that I was wrong,” he said.
At the bottom, a separate block of text in white states:
"The potential damaging negatives socially and in policing of having a vehicle like that deployed for crowd control or in a protest situation is far more damaging than not having it for the possible, very rare incident that you might be able to use it for a shooting."
At the very bottom, bold white text encourages action:
"Let’s make this happen again!
See our following slides for points you can include in an email, council contact emails, and the link in our bio for an email template."
A small white arrow points to the right at the bottom-right corner.

This image is a graphic update about the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) requesting $600,000 for an armored tank. The background is green with white text and includes two pink stick figures with surprised expressions on either side of the title. The title reads "UPDATES SINCE LAST POST" in large, bold letters, followed by "$600,000 is how much the HRP are asking for the tank." The text below includes several bullet points detailing the situation:
1. The Board of Police Commissioners (BoPC) recommended the tank to Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) for budget approval despite not knowing the tank's specifications.
2. The RCMP's tank was used by HRP 8 times in the past year and was unavailable 33% of the time, meaning HRP requested it around 11 times, with 3 instances of unavailability.
3. Commissioner Greg O'Malley expressed a desire to keep future policies for ARV tank use as broad as possible.
4. The police will formally ask the council for the tank on February 19 or 20 when the Fleet budget is presented.
5. None of the BoPC members know what the tank looks like, raising questions about their recommendation.
The overall tone of the graphic suggests concern or skepticism about the approval and use of the tank.

Illustration with a purple background and bold text at the top reading 'STOP THE TANK AGAIN AND FUND COMMUNITY.' The design includes images of a fire truck, a snowplow, a library, a ferry, keys with a house icon, and a public bus, alongside a green checkmark labeled 'redirect funds.' In contrast, there are crossed-out images of a police car and a military-style armored vehicle. At the bottom, orange text reads 'CALL TO ACTION & UPDATE,' and the handle '@CommunityNotCopsKjipuktuk' is displayed below.

christmas tree decorated with police paraphernalia and santa chalk outline