Lee Camp and Alex Vitale: Should We Abolish Police?

Abolish the police

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“One way to undermine this lionization of violence and guns would be to downsize policing in as many ways as we possibly can and undermine these kind of cultural myths of people with guns as the solvers of all our problems.” — Alex Vitale

MintPress News on Feb 13, 2023

See also:

‘Broken Windows Policing’ & the Killing of Tyre Nichols, by Marjorie Cohn

The End of Policing, by Alex Vitale

Trouble in town? Send in the Maroon People! by Melinda Burrell

From the archives:

Uh Oh, Here Comes the Occupying Army, by Robert C. Koehler + Goodbye, Tyre, by Leslie D. Gregory

Cop City Is The Future They Want, Unwavering Resistance Must Be Our Answer, by Kenn Orphan

PSL Editorial: Democrats Deepen Embrace of the Cops with Police Funding Bills

Police Are a Lie, by David Swanson

Geo Maher: A World Without Police + Nonviolence and Restorative Justice (Must-see)

Abolishing Police and Abolishing Militaries, by David Swanson

David Swanson and Greta Zarro: How to Demilitarize Police

Alex Vitale: Defunding The Police Is The Future + Anya Parampil and Frank Chapman: What Does Community Control Of Police Look Like?

Chris Hedges: No Discussion of Race Is Possible Without A Discussion of Capitalism and Class, with Alex Vitale