Thread by @fitsumareguy, I wrote a piece connecting the long-standing practice of community policing to [...]

I wrote a piece connecting the long-standing practice of community policing to the pressing concerns around #policingthepandemic

ty @briarpatchmag for publishing, and to @DesmondCole for your interview!

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/covid-19-community-policing-kitchener-waterloo

On police abolition & alternatives to policing

COVID-19 and the threat of “community policing”

Across the country, governments are giving police heightened powers during the pandemic. But as I’ve seen in my home of Kitchener-Waterloo, when police embed themselves in poor and racialized...

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/covid-19-community-policing-kitchener-waterloo

2/4 "A Community Compilation on Police Abolition" was a zine created for the opening of the Gone But Not Forgotten Quilt exhibit on October 17, 2016, by @monicatea2, Sarah-Ji, and Rachel Wallis: https://issuu.com/ftpzines/docs/gbnf_zine_all

3/4 Rose City Copwatch compiled case-studies on alternatives to cops into a booklet: https://rosecitycopwatch.wordpress.com/alternatives-to-police/?fbclid=IwAR0NUToANzjPWI1rW54NcAl2ZGQ1oTU-jmXe1LTM-zHsbuo56gkVMA8_0aw

Alternatives to Police

As we work to eliminate or radically change police institutions we must also work to support and build liberatory alternatives to the police. Since 2003, Rose City Copwatch has promoted discussion …

https://rosecitycopwatch.wordpress.com/alternatives-to-police/?fbclid=IwAR0NUToANzjPWI1rW54NcAl2ZGQ1oTU-jmXe1LTM-zHsbuo56gkVMA8_0aw

4/4 @alexmcclelland and others have been initiating some really excellent conversations about police abolition and discussion about organizing and resistance: https://twitter.com/alexmcclelland/status/1243894953719316480?s=20

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