The Philly for REAL Justice website states on its
resources page, "We understand that the abolition of police is also connected to every other part of the struggle for liberation, from housing to healthcare. As such, we continue to compile a list of resources for those most impacted by police violence to access. It is our hope that every community consider a similar model of pooling knowledge and resources to love and support each other." The home page praises Mumia Abu-Jamal and Assata Shakur.
The contact person for Philly REAL Justice is one Deandra Jefferson, who represents a coalition to the left of Black Lives Matter that wants to abolish Philadelphia's police:
Meanwhile, the Black Philly Radical Collective, a group of 12 organizations including Black Lives Matter Philly and Philly for Real Justice, want to go much further. The collective wants to prevent increases to the upcoming police budget, nearly $23 million in funds. All private police forces, including university and transit police, should be disbanded, they say. There are additional calls to replace the Police Advisory Committee with a Community Control Board that can hire and fire officers. The list goes on. Ultimately, King wants reforms for the existing department, the coalition is looking to defund and abolish the current system. . .In addition to the list of demands the collective laid out, it has been the stance of Black Philly Radical Collective not to coordinate protest routes with police during marches. “We’re not going to ask the same people that murder us, ‘Hey, is it ok if we protest you murdering us here and now?’” said Deandra Jefferson with Philly for Real Justice. “That just doesn’t make any sense, to ask for permission from the people who are the problem.”. . . Washington and Jefferson know there are several protests happening in Philly any given day and activists don’t want to discourage people from participating. The crux of the matter, said Jefferson, is people who want to lend support need to do their research and analyze the proposals different groups are putting out. Jefferson encourages anyone who wants to come out and march to “get their politics in order” and avoid the knee-jerk reaction to “run from march to march” because not all Black people have the same class interests. “Oprah’s not worried about this,” she explained. “Diddy’s not worried about this. There are certain people who, because of the socioeconomic class that they’re in, even though they’re Black, they don’t have the same motivations. They don’t want to completely overhaul the system because, individually, the system has treated them pretty well.”:
BLM organizers: Double-check what demands protest is makingJefferson looks to have ties to Temple University, where the coalition also has ties to a "pastor" named Renee McKenzie who shelters illegal immigrants as part of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia.