Reposted by Tina
Bail funds are often treated like emergency charity. @jeremycherson.bsky.social makes the deeper case: they are mutual aid, civic resistance and a direct challenge to a system that makes poverty punishable.
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inthesetimes.com
No One Should Be in Jail Because They’re Poor
On America’s 250th anniversary, we must confront the issues of bail, democracy and the unfinished promise of democracy.