"this technology is clearly biased, inaccurate, and even more dangerous when used in schools, where black and brown students are disproportionately already over-policed and disciplined at higher rates than their white peers for the same minor infractions."
"Letter from the American Federation of Teachers, Massachusetts; submitted by Rep. Pressley."
"Letter from the American Civil Liberties Union; submitted by Rep. Pressley."
"I worked with my colleagues Representative Clarke and Representative Tlaib on legislation to protect those living in HUD public housing from this technology."
"In my district, the Massachusetts Seventh alone, black girls are six times more likely to be suspended from school..."
"We know that the logical end of surveillance is often over-policing and the criminalization of vulnerable and marginalized communities."
"Letter from the BTU; submitted by Rep. Pressley."
"Letter from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; submitted by Rep. Pressley."
"Letter from the Massachusetts Teachers Association; submitted by Rep. Pressley."
"HUD does not use eviction rates as a tool for grading public housing authorities (PHAs), correct?"
"Eviction isn't just the condition of poverty. It is a cause of poverty."