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I am an abolitionist who wants everyone talking abolition to answer one question: what do you do when a woman is being stalked by a man who has already raped the kids and will likely kill her.
Unacceptable answer: "Well the police will murder her too"
We know.
So what then?
Unacceptable answer: "Well the police will murder her too"
We know.
So what then?
Unacceptable answer: "Well if she& #39;s privileged she will be fine"
Wrong, disqualified.
Unacceptable answer: "Well if she& #39;s not privileged, she doesn& #39;t want police"
Not always true, and even if true what then?
Wrong, disqualified.
Unacceptable answer: "Well if she& #39;s not privileged, she doesn& #39;t want police"
Not always true, and even if true what then?
Unacceptable answer: "Well, we should try restorative justice"
Restorative justice can be an approach in some cases.
Not in this one though, it& #39;s a murder risk
Also restorative justice is NOT our call, it& #39;s hers.
Restorative justice can be an approach in some cases.
Not in this one though, it& #39;s a murder risk
Also restorative justice is NOT our call, it& #39;s hers.
This is not a subtweet or having a go.
This is me trying to highlight the difference between;
-how people with lived experience of DV and police brutality talk abolition
-how lots of people without that experience often talk abolition online.
This is me trying to highlight the difference between;
-how people with lived experience of DV and police brutality talk abolition
-how lots of people without that experience often talk abolition online.
Unacceptable answer: "Well, we should have community support, not prisons"
Totally.
Which community?
What about abusers within communities?
Victims with no community?
Do you mean a local community or the state?
Totally.
Which community?
What about abusers within communities?
Victims with no community?
Do you mean a local community or the state?
None of these are really unacceptable answers btw .
What is unacceptable is the volume of people with no lived experience, who throw these "suggestions" out about other people in danger, but don& #39;t have any real commitment beyond that.
What is unacceptable is the volume of people with no lived experience, who throw these "suggestions" out about other people in danger, but don& #39;t have any real commitment beyond that.
Unacceptable answer: She should leave.
Uh, leaving is a major murder risk period.
Leaving can place you in further danger.
Why haven& #39;t you done your homework before commenting on people in real danger?
What do you know about alternatives?
Uh, leaving is a major murder risk period.
Leaving can place you in further danger.
Why haven& #39;t you done your homework before commenting on people in real danger?
What do you know about alternatives?
Unacceptable answer: "I am a survivor and I don& #39;t think punitive measures work"
Good, OK, I respect that.
Doesn& #39;t answer the question though.
Being a survivor also does not give me the right to control another woman who is trying to escape murder.
Good, OK, I respect that.
Doesn& #39;t answer the question though.
Being a survivor also does not give me the right to control another woman who is trying to escape murder.
I am not trying to be negative or triggering here.
I& #39;m just tweeting these, because I& #39;ve heard them a lot.
I& #39;ve heard them mostly from people who mean well, but they have no longer term commitment to either abolition or DV support work.
I& #39;m just tweeting these, because I& #39;ve heard them a lot.
I& #39;ve heard them mostly from people who mean well, but they have no longer term commitment to either abolition or DV support work.
