Baba Baxter Needs a Ramp.
Baba Baxter, pictured above, the activist whom I introduced to the Daily Kos Community here, needs a portable, extensible ramp to get up and down stairs. I have wanted to take Baba Baxter places but have been unable to do so. Please pitch in what you can to help us get him a specific low-cost ramp. The ramp is being held for him until Friday. Therefore, we must reach our goal by Friday (in four days). So far, we have reached $275 of the $500 goal. We only need $225 more.
2 Methods to Donate
When I receive verification of the correct email address, we will be able to use PayPal.
Nine activists arrested during protest of Detroit water shutoffs
Three years ago, the City of Detroit had been shutting off the water of hundreds of Detroiters every day, and the water shutoffs continue to this day. Twenty protesters blocked access to Homrich, the business to which the City of Detroit had out-sourced the water shutoffs. The police chose nine water-rights protesters to arrest.
The police brought in a regular paddy wagon to transport Baba. The ceiling of that vehicle was too low for Baba to sit up straight, so officers forced his head down onto his chest for the entire trip to the jail. In addition the paddy wagon had no restraints to stabilize him or his wheelchair, so an officer stabilized the wheel of the chair with a foot. Every bump, every turn damaged Baba’s already-injured spine. I am reminded of Freddie Gray’s deadly trip in Baltimore. However, Baba Baxter survived.
Good news about the Homrich 9: The judge recently dismissed all charges against the Homrich 9. He found that “the defendants’ constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated by ‘numerous unexplained and unjustified delays.’“
In my recent story, you can read more about his backstory, his press conference, his lawsuit, and the basis for the lawsuit. Baba speaks eloquently about the incident in the video there.
At the end of that essay, I spoke for the Daily Kos group Support the Dream Defenders: “We don’t yet know the roads we will travel to support Baba Baxter Jones.” This donation campaign is the first road we and our supporters will travel to support Baba. Please help.
2 Methods to Donate
- Baba’s YouCaring page.
- Contact me by kosmail or email, and I will send you an address for snail mail.
- PayPal is not quite available. If you want to use PayPal, please let me know.
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Update:
06-27-2017 at 10:43 p.m. ET. We are up to $318. With donations $182, we will reach our goal of $500! We also have a PayPal-only donation which is temporarily delayed by technical reasons. Thank you Daily Kos!