Protesters Locked Down Now

Dean Spade is one of the protesters locking down now at the construction site of Dow Constantine‘s racist children’s jail. Here’s why they’re putting their body on the line today:

28954615_1608127635891886_8576264139268440405_o“It is hard to imagine a more wrong-headed approach to any of King County’s many problems with racial and economic justice than to build more jails and courts that tear apart families and traumatize young people. It is time to stop what has been proven harmful, and focus on what we really need: housing, income support, health care, child care, and art. I am here to be part of telling Dow Constantine to stop this now.”