Not only is community a tool -- but "community" can also be used to harm people *within* a community (e.g. businesses using police to move unhoused people, teens, etc.). This is (one reason) why "community policing" is so fraught. Community is laden w/ power relations too. https://twitter.com/HannahLebovits/status/1278068353521848321">https://twitter.com/HannahLeb...

Some follow-up reading reccs on the deployment of "community": @monicacbell on 4 modes of community participation in CJ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/du-bois-review-social-science-research-on-race/article/community-in-criminal-justice/533413EC7BEE4C6D5A8D357448C7F1A0">https://www.cambridge.org/core/jour... + @Jeremy_Levine on the paradox of community power https://academic-oup-com.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/sf/article/95/3/1155/2877692">https://academic-oup-com.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/sf/articl...

When we think of community policing itself, we should think about positive "sentinel" models (tho past day in CHAZ show these can be violent too), but also George Zimmerman. Community patrols require training, anti-racism, and oversight/accountability too.