A World Without Police

Check out this critique of the proposal for community control of policing.

"Appealing as the idea may seem from afar, a closer look shows community control to be deeply flawed. It is based on a misunderstanding of the structure and nature of modern policing; it is ahistorical, rooted in movement demands from an earlier time, before the experiences of newly liberated colonies cast doubt on the idea of “controlling” repressive agencies; it is especially vulnerable to co-optation; it seeks to replace the transformative vision of the abolition movement with a bureaucratic “solution” that would turn community leaders into police administrators; it assumes that community boards will support a progressive agenda; and it does not address the underlying causes of crisis, violence, and deprivation in our communities.

Instead of struggling to take over and redirect the master's tool, we call for investing the resources now poured into policing directly into community initiatives whose core missions are about helping, healing, and sustaining people, not controlling them. Instead of a one-size-fits-all blueprint, abolition allows communities to imagine and build a world that centers community needs, taking into account local cultural traditions and existing programs and resources."

The Fantasy of Community Control of the Police | The Forge Or, “You can’t turn a rattlesnake into a puppy dog"

Since July 2020, there have been at least 4 known deaths at the US Pen in Atlanta. This is a transfer facility: people only expect to be there briefly while being transferred to another prison. Instead, it's become a death sentence.

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News article here: https://www.ajc.com/news/federal-inmate-dies-in-custody-at-atlanta-prison/FBPJV3YGZJH73B3JC4U5QGCYXI/

News article about Hakeem Campbell, RIP: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/officials-fbi-notified-of-inmate-death-at-atlanta-prison

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