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About the Organization: ACT 4 SA empowers the San Antonio community through year-round base building, grassroots actions, actions of solidarity, educational campaigns, and more to achieve accountable, compassionate, and transparent
In the wake of U.S. Airman, son, friend & community member Aaron Bushnell self immolating, there is a heavy energy in the air. The San Antonio community gathers to mourn
We must speak power to truth: The actions of the government of Israel is, and has been for decades, state mandated genocide. We are witnessing an eradication in real time!
***MEDIA ADVISARY*** CONTACT: Ananda Tomas- ananda@act4sa.org ; Deborah Bush- deborah@themjfoundation.love Oct 21 2023, SAN ANTONIO, TX — On Saturday, October 21st from 2-4 PM at Milam Park, local community members
ACT 4 SA Stands In Solidarity.
SAPD IS ON THEIR WAY TO BEING THE DEADLIEST POLICE FORCE IN AMERICA THIS YEAR San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) has just murdered its second person in its third officer-involved
Working towards a new view on public safety. Expansion of SA CORE ACT 4 SA celebrates the expansion of the SA CORE program– literally doubling the amount of teams that
***MEDIA ADVISARY*** CONTACT: Ananda Tomas- ananda@act4sa.org ; John Allison- hohinc99@gmail.com Sept 1st 2023, SAN ANTONIO, TX — On Saturday, September 1st from 6-8 PM, friends and family of the late
DASHBOARD TRACKS SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND SPENDING FROM 2019 THROUGH THE PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET ACT 4 SA has released a dashboard showing San Antonio Police Department (SAPD)’s budget
SAN ANTONIO, TX – ACT 4 SA has launched the next update to its public dashboard highlighting suspensions of local law enforcement agencies in Bexar County. This latest update highlights
SAN ANTONIO, TX – In February 2023, ACT 4 SA’s Executive Director Ananda Tomas filed a complaint against SAPOA for violating Section 254.261 of the Election Code. SAPOA Treasurer Jason
TRUE JUSTICE WOULD BE MELISSA ALIVE & STILL WITH US ACT 4 SA condemns the actions of SAPD police officers, Sgt. Alfred Flores, Officer Eleazar Alejandro & Officer Nathaniel Villalobos
***MEDIA ADVISARY*** CONTACT: Ananda Tomas- ananda@act4sa.org, Alex Birnel- alex@movetexas.org SAN ANTONIO — On Wednesday May 3rd at 2:30 PM the San Antonio Justice Charter coalition will hold a press conference
***MEDIA ADVISARY*** SAN ANTONIO — On Thursday, March 16th from 6-8 PM the San Antonio Justice Charter coalition will host its official Prop A Launch Party at the San Antonio
San Antonio, TX – ACT 4 SA and Ground Game Texas strongly maintain that all of the items in the proposed charter amendment fall under one issue — public safety.
San Antonio, TX– On February 13th, ACT 4 SA filed an Ethics Complaint against the San Antonio Police Officers Association (SAPOA) for violating Title 15 of the Election Code and
New charter initiative would decriminalize abortion care and marijuana possession, ban no-knock police warrants and chokeholds, and encourage citations instead of arrests for nonviolent crimes. San Antonio, TX (Wednesday,
Police reform nonprofit Act 4 SA has released a trove of new data and information about San Antonio Police Department officers who have been fired or suspended over the last decade. Why it
Texas activists have turned in more than 37,000 signatures to place a measure on the San Antonio ballot in May to decriminalize marijuana, prevent the enforcement of abortion restriction laws
The local activist group says their effort represents the most groundbreaking criminal justice reform San Antonio has seen in years. [from kens5.com]
A coalition of more than a dozen organizations delivered more than 35,000 signatures to the city clerk’s office in hopes of making sweeping changes to the city charter of San
If passed by voters, cannabis possession and abortion would both be decriminalized in San Antonio. [from San Antonio Current]
Cell phone camera footage shows an Edgewood Independent School District Police Department officer kneeling on the neck of a teenager following a fight off campus. [from KSAT]
San Antonio police officials have defended the harsh and at times rude language used by the department’s crisis negotiators during several barricaded subject incidents the past several months. [from KSAT]
Rick James said, “What will be the deal in the end if to live we’ve got to steal. But the money’s walkin’, money’s walkin’.” Am I the only person
“Wandering officers are a serious problem across the nation, but especially here in Bexar County. It will be hard now for our local law enforcement agencies to say they did
Departments have had to take back hundreds of officers over the past decade after appeals required by union contracts. [from Washington Post]
A recent investigative series by the KSAT 12 Defenders, “Broken Blue,” looks into why officers involved in some of SAPD’s most notorious firings were… [from TPR]
The group ACT4SA says it is close to reaching the petition signatures necessary to put police reforms on the May ballot. [from kens5.com]
The petition would also let voters decide whether to decriminalize abortion, ban police chokeholds and prohibit no-knock warrants. [from San Antonio Current]
Proposed charter amendment aims to decriminalize abortion [from ]
The Justice Charter Coalition has collected more than 37,000 signatures on petitions for a… [from San Antonio Express-News]
Texas protestors have actually kipped down greater than 37,000 trademarks to put an action on the San Antonio tally in Might to legalize cannabis, stop the […] [from Hempwave]
Texas activists have turned in more than 37,000 signatures to place a measure on the San Antonio ballot in May to decriminalize marijuana, prevent the enforcement of abortion restriction laws
Texas activists have turned in more than 37,000 signatures to place a measure on the San Antonio ballot in May to decriminalize marijuana, prevent the enforcement of abortion restriction laws
San Antonio, TX (Friday, January 6, 2023) – On Tuesday, January 10th at 3 PM, Ground Game Texas, Act 4 SA, and a coalition of more than a dozen organizations
Texas’ approach to regulating law enforcement is toothless. [from New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Online]
The San Antonio Justice Charter will amend the City Charter of San Antonio to adopt a justice policy that will reduce unnecessary arrests, mitigate racial bias, and save scarce public resources through a comprehensive set of popular reforms.
In the early morning hours of Oct. 2nd with no visible cause, then Officer James Brennand shot and critically wounded 17-year-old Erik Cantu while responding to an unrelated call. ACT
(ACT 4 SA is proud to be a part of the People’s Budget SA Coalition)
A fatal police shooting in San Antonio this week has again raised the issue of how quickly law enforcement video should be released. [from San Antonio Report]
SAN ANTONIO – A local family says they’re looking for justice in an officer-involved shooting that left their 13-year-old loved one dead. Thursday they gathered for a rally to demand
Sheriff Javier Salazar said there is precedent for taking a family's wishes into account on releasing video, and he plans to keep that within BCSO policy. [from KSAT]
San Antonio’s civilian review board for police misconduct complaints shouldn’t fall… [from San Antonio Express-News]
SAPD ignored protocols that could have saved AJ’s life, and we demand they tell the truth and take action NOW. ACT 4 SA sends our deepest condolences as we
via KSAT12 >> San Antonio, TX – When we met with VIA Executives last month, we were hopeful. After changing their board meeting date at the last minute, representatives from
We are so proud of our community for sending hundreds of emails, calls and tweets, and participating in numerous testimonies asking Council to be brave and vote down a contract
If this new 5 year contract is approved, we will remain the only major city in Texas without an independent Citizen’s Review Board. While the City has played a role
Yesterday afternoon, SAPD opened fire on 28 year old Kevin Johnson in broad daylight allegedly striking him nine times in the back. ACT 4 SA is extending their sincerest condolences
While a few major sticking points remain, most notably around discipline, negotiators say they see a new contract in sight. [from San Antonio Report]
This shows no good-faith effort from our Sheriff to even attempt to follow the wishes of the community. We are disappointed in the court for folding to this hardball tactic
We need your voice! Join us at Commissioner’s Court to add your public comment demanding accountability for the Sheriff’s Office.
• Tuesday, Feb. 8th at 9 AM
• Second Floor of Bexar County Courthouse, 100 Dolorosa, Suite 2.01
• You must sign up by 8:45 AM in person only
After we were made aware of ongoing issues with VIA Transit police, the ACT 4 SA team sat down with VIA to ask questions about some of the problems that currently exist.
This is a step in the right direction- but should by no means be considered the best solution. We can still do better. ACT 4 SA believes in alternative
Damian Daniels, 30, was killed more than a year ago at his far West Side home. [from San Antonio Express-News]
Damian Daniels, an Army veteran, was fatally shot last year by a Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy during a mental health call. [from San Antonio Report]
SAN ANTONIO, TX — Yesterday the SA Stands coalition learned that Councilman Manny Pelaez filed a Council Consideration Request (CCR) for an incomplete cite and release program, one that would
Javier Perales Jr. is appealing the indefinite suspension he received in January 2018 for allegedly taking explicit photos off a woman’s phone and then using a series of spoofed numbers
Having failed to keep police out of a new mental health response team the City of San Antonio will try out beginning next spring, activists want the city to at
Advocates asked San Antonio officials to remove police from a proposed team that will respond to mental health calls. [from San Antonio Report]
Commentary: San Antonio should consider alternatives to co-responder teams that don’t involve police for mental health calls. [from San Antonio Report]
San Antonio Police officials have released body worn camera footage showing one of its officers repeatedly punching a handcuffed pregnant woman before leaving her in the street in heavy rainfall.
Cops accused of breaking the San Antonio Police Department’s body-worn camera rules are seldom suspended for those violations, a new KSAT news investigation reveals. Department… [from San Antonio Current]
San Antonio police officers accused of violating the department’s body-worn camera policy are rarely suspended, a months-long investigation by the KSAT 12 Defenders found. [from KSAT]
Former Lt. Lee Rakun, now charged with attempted murder, got about $447,000 in total… [from San Antonio Express-News]
San Antonio police officers accused of violating the department’s body-worn camera policy are rarely suspended, a months-long investigation by the KSAT 12 Defenders found. [from KSAT]
Across 13,394 employees, the city of San Antonio paid a total of $842 million in wages and $1.2 billion in total compensation to fire, police and civilian workers in 2020.
The Bexar County sheriff’s deputy who killed Damian Lamar Daniels, a Black military… [from San Antonio Express-News]
San Antonio organization aims to reimagine public safety [from ]
Studies worldwide show that the greatest precursor to lowering crime rates is addressing poverty, not the over-policing of our community.
ACT 4 SA is disappointed in the increase to the police budget when there are so many other areas where funds are more greatly needed. This is especially alarming when the city is already facing a $2 million deficit in projected revenue for next year.
The City of San Antonio is planning to try out a new way of handling mental health calls through a three-person team made up of a clinician, a paramedic, and
ACT 4 SA and more than a dozen groups want guns and badges taken out of the first-response equation for mental health calls. [from San Antonio Report]
A former San Antonio police officer was indicted Monday after allegedly shooting at deputies in Sevier County, Tennessee. [from KSAT]
Dear San Antonio City Leaders, We the undersigned are urging you, as our elected city leaders, to reject the current proposal for a mobile crisis response team that includes law
Days before a fired San Antonio police detective is scheduled for arbitration, records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show he was worried about negative publicity and claimed the only
In the past decade, arbitrators have overturned 10 San Antonio Police Department firings, allowing cops accused of serious wrongdoing to stay on the force. [from San Antonio Report]
The City Clerk’s office has 20 business days, until Feb. 8, to verify more than 38,000 signatures gathered on a petition. [from San Antonio Report]
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