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 (https://www.criticalresistance.org)
Reclaim the Block (https://www.reclaimtheblock.org)
Care Not Cops PDX (https://www.carenotcops.org)
Black Visions Collective (https://www.blackvisionsmn.org)
Black Table Arts (https://www.blacktablearts.com)
Leaders:
Adrienne Maree Brown
Mariame Kaba
Marc Lamont Hill
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Angela Davis
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