"Abolition is rooted in a black radical tradition in which the word is used precisely because it echoes the fight for the abolition of slavery, because it calls attention to the roots of policing and prisons in controlling enslaved people. Like ‘reparations’, the demand is considered ‘too much’ by the pundit class in part because it makes white people consider their implication in a racist system, even as it makes concrete gains."
https://novaramedia.com/2020/06/12/police-abolitionists-arent-too-radical-theyve-been-making-gains-for-decades/
https://novaramedia.com/2020/06/12/police-abolitionists-arent-too-radical-theyve-been-making-gains-for-decades/
Novara Media
Police Abolitionists Aren’t ‘Too Radical’ – They’ve Been Making Gains for Decades | Novara Media
Pundits have been taking it upon themselves to tell the Black Lives Matter movement that the demand to abolish the police is the wrong one. Sarah Jaffe argues abolitionism has been making gains for decades - and now it’s breaking through.
#LYNCHING: A young man by the name of Robert Fuller was lynched last night. His body was found hanging from a tree outside Palmdale city hall, north of Los Angeles, California. (LINK)
Authorities are calling it a "suicide". Just one question, Palmdale PD. Do you think we're that fucking stupid?
Support for his funeral and ideally an independent investigation is here. DONATE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/community-support-for-robert-fuller
Authorities are calling it a "suicide". Just one question, Palmdale PD. Do you think we're that fucking stupid?
Support for his funeral and ideally an independent investigation is here. DONATE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/community-support-for-robert-fuller
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Community Support for Robert Fuller, organized by Diamond Alexander
Words can’t describe how my family is feeling. We grew up there in the Antelope … Diamond Alexander needs your support for Community Support for Robert Fuller
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#Nashville - calls to rally at "formally Legislative Plaza" are circulating, meetup time is in 2 minutes if you are local and want to join.
Forwarded from LA Action Updates
DTLAish: despite attempting to peace out on Bouchet crowd is surrounded on 3 sides with about 150 sheriffs in riot gear
This is obviously unacceptable.
EDIT: this article is from 2014, but nonetheless illustrates the widespread hyper-militarization of police in all sectors of our communities and schools throughout the United States.
https://twitter.com/Jake_Hanrahan/status/1271601757714554885
EDIT: this article is from 2014, but nonetheless illustrates the widespread hyper-militarization of police in all sectors of our communities and schools throughout the United States.
https://twitter.com/Jake_Hanrahan/status/1271601757714554885
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Jake Hanrahan
“The Los Angeles School Police Department, which serves the nation’s second-largest school system, will return three grenade launchers but intends to keep 61 rifles and a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle.” The school police? What? https://t.co/qN8X5l6kj0