UTAH RESOURCES
Looking for a way to help support the black community and the end of police brutality?
Sign a Petition
NOTE: Do NOT donate to Change.org. None of these funds go towards the organizers. Instead, donate to the Utah-based organizations below, many of which directly benefit organizers and victims of police brutality.
Justice for Bernardo Palacios Carbajal! Rose Park Brown Berets and Just Media have a list of demands for SLCo DA Sim Gill and SLCo Mayor Erin Mendenhall.
Demand Mayor Mendenhall and SLC Police Chief Mike Brown Fire and Charge SLC Officers that Killed Bernardo Palacios- Thank you for helping release the bodycam footage of Bernardo Palacios. It’s clear that police officers murdered Bernardo Palacios when nonlethal force could have been used. His back was turned and he was running away. This was a clear case of murder.
Demand a Police Reform Bill- Black Lives Matter Utah is demanding a police reform bill to create Citizen Review Boards for all police departments. This petition will go to Nancy Pelosi.
Demand the Salt Lake City Council Defund SLCPD- Confused on what “Defunding Police” means? Here is a handy FAQ in both English and Spanish!
Donate
*Covid 19 Mutual Aid Fund is also accepting donations of water bottles (squirt tops preferred), first aid kids, oil free sunscreen, hand sanitizer, shatter resistant eye protection, and masks, bandannas, or other non-medical grade face coverings.
Ship to or drop off at 746 Loveland Ave, SLC, UT, 84106
Local Propagandists (they kindly donate posters used in protests)
SWOP Salt Lake- donation link, amazon wishlist link
Support Protesters Arrested by the SLCPD- put “Bail Funds” in the memo
Community Organizations
ACLU of Utah- “The ACLU of Utah operates through public education, legal advocacy, litigation, and lobbying to ensure the constitutional rights and freedoms of everyone living in or visiting Utah.”
Black Lives Matter Northern Utah
Black Lives Matter SLC- “Official #BlackLivesMatter Salt Lake City chapter.”
Black Lives Matter Utah- “We fight oppression by every means necessary. We use calling campaigns, canvassing, protests, boycotts, and lawsuits to send a clear message to racists that their ignorance will no longer be tolerated.”
Covid 19 Mutual Aid Fund- “Salt Lake Valley COVID-19 Mutual Aid Group is facilitating connections across the Salt Lake valley between individuals in need of support due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and individuals offering support to their community. We are providing assistance severely impacted by the virus by providing and transporting basic needs like groceries, prescriptions, and medical supplies.”
Decarcerate Utah- “A prison abolitionist group focused on ways to decrease the rise of mass incarceration in Utah and beyond.”
Justice for Bernardo Now- “On 05/23/20 Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was shot by SLC police over 30 times in his back and fingers. No Justice No Peace! Follow us to get involved!”
Racially Just Utah- “Our Mission: To positively and proactively ensure racial equity in Utah through policy, accountability, and education.”
Rose Park Brown Berets- “The SLC Autonomous Brown Berets is a political organization which strives to empower our community through Education, Culture and Self-Determination. We hope to grow and be able to make a revolutionary change for the safety of our children, schools and barrios.”
Salt Lake Equal Rights Movement- “Fostering a space of equity and inclusiveness in our community”
SWOP SLC- “The Sex Workers Outreach Project Salt Lake City chapter is dedicated to fighting for the human rights and safety of Utah sex workers.”
Utah Against Police Brutality- “Utah Against Police Brutality is a community organization dedicated to ending all forms of police violence in the state of Utah.”
EMAIL or CALL
Demand justice for Chad Breinholt and Bryan Valencia! Demand that all information is released, and demand that the killer cops are charged with murder. -utagainstpolicebrutality
District Attorney Sim Gill- [email protected], 385-468-7700
West Valley Police Department- [email protected], 801-965-5063
Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera- [email protected], 801-743-7000
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