#Repost @ebeleokobi ・・・ Today, on the Fourth of July, Justice For Chinedu, in partnership with Smart Justice California and a growing coalition of supporters is launching a campaign to elect a champion of justice reform for the Office of District Attorney in 2022. Elected prosecutors are the most powerful actors in the criminal justice system. They are sworn to serve in the interest of the people. Yet the Office of the District Attorney of San Mateo County has not had a contested election since 1954. Further, San Mateo County voters have overwhelmingly supported safe and sensible justice reforms — but San Mateo County’s current DA, Stephen Wagstaffe has consistently rejected justice. Crucially, Wagstaffe hasn't charged a single one of the 52 officers involved in a total of 19 fatal use-of-force cases in San Mateo County in his time as District Attorney, including those who slaughtered my brother on October 3, 2018. San Mateo County does not have a District Attorney who is accountable to, and representative of, the people of the County. San Mateo County does not have a just District Attorney. Freedom requires justice, and we are not free if we can be murdered by agents of the state, with complete impunity. Ramzi Saad, Warren Ragudo and my brother deserve justice. San Mateans deserve justice. And no one is free until everyone is free. Unseating an entrenched incumbent takes money, volunteers, and courage. We are looking for a David to challenge Goliath, and we are raising money to fund the fight. We would be so grateful if you could help spread the word and donate (link in bio) to help us elect a District Attorney accountable to and representative of the people of San Mateo County. **** “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” -Frederick Douglass #Justice4Chinedu #justiceforchinedu #blacklivesmatter #whattotheslaveisthefourthofjuly #timesup4wagstaffe #wearethe (at San Mateo, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOl9E1FOph/?igshid=1r7b3wb2z7qqv