Protestors in Louisville have been demanding justice for Breonna Taylor for over 100 days. After this week's grand jury ruling, protests look set to continue into the weekend, making bail funds more vital than ever.
The Louisville police officer who was indicted in the raid that resulted in Taylor's death posted a $15,000 bail, but the bail set for people protesting her death will likely be much higher. Hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people are currently sitting in prison because they can’t afford bail.
Cash bail is one of the aspects of the criminal justice system that keeps communities wrapped up in systemic slavery and in debt. As protests continue in the wake of the recent ruling, the Louisville Community Bail Fund will continue to bail protestors out. On top of that, they provide post-release support to help get vulnerable people from jail to a situation of safety.
As people across the United States march against police brutality following the murder of Breonna Taylor and countless other Black individuals at the hands of law enforcement, police officers remain relentless in arresting protesters (and often employing violent tactics to do so). In a report published by AP News on June 4, the total number of arrested protestors had hit 10,000 — a number that will have risen since then.
In response to the mass incarceration, and in a bid to free innocent protesters from America's for-profit prison industry, a number of organizations nationwide are raising bail funds via public donations.
Below you will find a list of organizations that are bailing out protesters, listed alphabetically by city.
Albany, NY
Albany Bail & Safety Fund for Black Lives
Asheville, NC
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Birmingham, AL
Brooklyn, NY
Boston, MA
Buffalo, NY
Charleston, SC
Chattanooga, TN
Chicago, IL
Cincinnati, OH
Cleveland, OH
Colorado
Columbia, SC
Columbia SC Bail Funds Call: (803) 602-4589
Columbus, OH
Connecticut
Dallas, TX
Luke 4:18 Bail Fund SVP Dallas
Des Moines, IA
Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project
Detroit, MI
The Bail Project National Lawyers Guild Detroit & Michigan Chapter
Fargo and Moorehead, ND
Florida
Freedom Fund Human Rights Coalition of Alachua County
Grand Rapids/Western Michigan
Harrisburg, PA
Hawaii
Houston, TX
Black Lives Matter Houston Restoring Justice
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, MO
One Struggle KC Kansas City Community Bail Fund
Lancaster, PA
Las Vegas, NV
Lexington, KY
Los Angeles, CA and surrounding areas
Peoples City Council Freedom Fund
Louisville, KY
Louisville Community Bail Fund
Madison, WI
Free the 350 Bail Fund Venmo: @Liam-Manjon CashApp: $FreeThe350BailFund PayPal: FreeThe350BailFund@gmail.com
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bail Fund FANG Community Bail Fund
Memphis, TN
Memphis Community Bail Fund Black Lives Matter - Community Bail Fund
Miami, FL
Florida Bail Fund FempowerMia Corp
Michigan
Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota
Minnesota Freedom Fund Black Visions Collective Reclaim The Block
Montgomery, AL
Nashville, TN
Nashville Community Bail Fund Call: (615) 495-5450
Nebraska
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Safety and Freedom Fund
New York
North Carolina
North Carolina Bail Fund of Durham PayPal: NCFreedomfund@gmail.com CashApp: NcFreedomfund
Northern California
Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee Bail Fund NorCal Resist Activist Bail & ICE Bond Fund Anti Police-Terror Project People’s Breakfast Oakland
Ohio
Oklahoma City, OK
Orlando, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
Phoenix, AZ
Black People's Justice Fund - Metro Phoenix Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund
Pittsburgh, PA
Aftercare Jail Support Bukit Bail Fund Black Burgh Bail Fund
Portland, OR
Richmond, VA
The Richmond Community Bail Fund
Rhode Island
Roanoke, VA
Rochester, NY
Venmo: blmroc CashApp: $BLMroc
Rockford, IL and Winnebago County
Salt Lake City, UT
San Diego, CA
DeDe McClure Memorial Community Fund
San Jose, CA
Silicon Valley DSA Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee Bail Fund
Seattle, WA
Northwest Community Bail Fund Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County Freedom Fund
Tampa Bay, FL
Tampa Bay Community Support Fund
Toronto, ON
Tucson, AZ
Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund
Tulsa, OK
Washington State
Wilmington, DE
Youngstown, OH
National
National Bail Out National Bail Fund Network The Bail Project
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