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FIRST ON FOX: Georgia gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams co-chaired a racial justice group that awarded tens of hundreds of bucks to activists who wish to defund and abolish the police.
Abrams was once first introduced co-chair of the Black Voices for Black Justice Fund (BVBJ) in April 2021. She mentioned in a press liberate on the time that she was once “excited” and “honored” to sign up for the group as it “puts Black leaders in the driver’s seat – with Black activists on the ground who understand how racism plays out in their community defining both the problem and the solutions.”
The BVBJ has passed out $20,000 awards to dozens of Black activists around the nation to “use in whatever way they believe, based on their lived experience, will do the most good advancing racial justice in their communities at this pivotal time,” the group mentioned. In May 2021, BVBJ awarded $20,000 to Sharhonda Bossier, the CEO of Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC), who referred to as for defunding the police throughout the Floyd protests.
“It means nothing that these elected officials are expressing support for ‘peaceful protests,’” Bossier tweeted on May 30, 2020. “Their support doesn’t protect you. The police DGAF. The only support that matters is when they stand up to police unions, refuse to agree to contracts that provide more protections for police than the public they’re supposed to serve & defund the police/reallocate those resources. Demand action. Demand change.”
STACEY ABRAMS SERVES AS BOARD MEMBER, GOVERNOR OF FOUNDATION THAT SUPPORTS #ABOLISHTHEPOLICE
Stacey Abrams, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, speaks throughout a marketing campaign match in Reynolds, Georgia, June 4, 2022.
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“We can live in a country where the police do not kill people – especially children,” Bossier tweeted in April 2021. “We spend SO MUCH money on officer training, etc. If we cannot expect that police can respond to incidents without killing people we should… DEFUND & ABOLISH THE POLICE.”
In May of this yr, the BVBJ introduced its fourth spherical of awardees, which incorporated Kei Williams and William Jackson, amongst others.
Williams, a founding member of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, many times posted in prefer of defunding and abolishing the police and prisons throughout the George Floyd unrest of 2020.
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On June 7, 2020, Williams posted a picture on Instagram outlining 8 steps wanted to reach “a world without prisons or police,” beginning with step one of defunding the police.
“#8toabolition because 72% fewer police murders is not enough, nor will reformist reforms get us there,” Williams wrote.
Jackson, a 2022 BVBJ awardee who based the North Carolina-based nonprofit Village of Wisdom, which is geared toward serving to Black scholars “navigate systemic racism,” has additionally described himself as an abolitionist.
“I’m for abolishing police,” Jackson tweeted in November 2020.
“You can have the cops or the country fam. You can’t have both. #RashardBrooks #BreonnaTaylor #wewillnotrest,” he tweeted on June 13, 2020, after the deadly police taking pictures of Rayshard Brooks.
BVBJ describes itself as a “pooled philanthropic fund” with 18 companions, together with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Delaware Community Foundation & Rodel Foundation, Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation, Kenan Charitable Trust, Red Crane Foundation and The Moriah Fund.

Stacey Abrams speaks to supporters and contributors of the Rabun County Democrats staff on July 28, 2022, in Clayton, Georgia.
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According to web archives on Wayback, Abrams was once indexed as co-chair at the fund’s web site as lately as November 2021. Abrams is lately indexed at the fund’s web site together with her image as “co-chair emeriti,” a honorary name, which she assumed someday between November 2021 and past due March 2022, in step with Wayback.
“Stacey Abrams does not and never has supported defunding the police,” Abrams marketing campaign spokesman Michael Holloman mentioned in a observation Monday to Fox News Digital. “Stacey is a longtime supporter of investing in law enforcement, building community trust, and fostering law enforcement accountability.”
“Unlike Brian Kemp, who has called base pay for law enforcement officers ‘bad policy,’ Stacey firmly believes that we must invest in law enforcement to ensure that no one is working in public safety without fair compensation,” he added. “Stacey’s criminal justice plan will also work to improve accountability and build trust within our communities.”
Fox News Digital adopted up with the Abrams marketing campaign once they supplied the quote to inquire whether or not Abrams has had any communique with the present co-chairs or performed a task within the variety strategy of the 2022 awardees, however the marketing campaign didn’t reply. The marketing campaign additionally didn’t say whether or not Abrams disavowed the gang for giving hundreds to defund the police activists.
Abrams has sought to color herself as a pro-police candidate forward of the November election in opposition to Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. She particularly attempted to rebrand the “defund” side of the defund the police motion as being one in prefer of the “reformation and transformation” of legislation enforcement, as a substitute of the outright abolishment of policing. But Abrams additionally lately serves as a board member of the Seattle-based Marguerite Casey Foundation, which tweeted #DefundThePolice as lately as March of this yr and #AbolishThePolice as lately as February. Abrams has won a minimum of $52,500 in source of revenue from the root, in step with her monetary disclosures.

Stacey Abrams and Gov. Brian Kemp
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The Marguerite Casey Foundation awards tens of millions of bucks to professors and students who suggest anti-capitalist and jail abolitionist perspectives.
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Carmen Rojas, the root’s president and CEO, is a donor to Abrams’ marketing campaign and has many times voiced improve for abolishing the police and jail methods.
Abrams’ marketing campaign has mentioned she disagrees with the root’s place on defunding the police, even though Fox News Digital printed previous this yr that she supported the gang’s expanded anti-police efforts via its “Answer the Uprising” initiative in past due May 2021.