Defunding Vs. Abolishing The Police Explained In 6 Minutes

Опубликовано 12 июня 2020, 18:00

Activist and educator Joseph Capehart explains the difference between reforming, defunding, and abolishing the police — and why it’s important.

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Additional resources on police abolition:

Books:
"The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
"The End of Policing" by Alex Vitale
"Are Prisons Obsolete?" by Angela Davis

Orgs:
Critical Resistance (criticalresistance.org)
Reclaim the Block (reclaimtheblock.org)
Care Not Cops PDX (carenotcops.org)
Black Visions Collective (blackvisionsmn.org)
Black Table Arts (blacktablearts.com)

Leaders:
Adrienne Maree Brown
Mariame Kaba
Marc Lamont Hill
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Angela Davis

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