8 Steps to Police Abolition

Police violence remains a serious issue in spite of lowered news coverage. The number of people brutalized and killed by police continues to increase each year with no end in sight and no federal plan to reduce violence. But, in the wake of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis in May 2020, a group of activists and thinkers articulated a clear 8-step plan to abolish policing.

 

 

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