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When I started reading Mariame Kaba's writing really brought home to me the idea of abolition & introduced me to other writers on the subject. If you're not sure what defund the police means or if it's possible this is a good starting point. https://twitter.com/reclaimtheblock/status/1313968361265606661
I believe prison abolition & defunding the police are the right things to do & entirely possible! But I didn't just wake up thinking that one day. I read a lot of work by people who have focused on this cause for years. That's the way to try to understand a complex issue.
Before I came to this conclusion I knew our "justice system" was unjust, police were brutal & prisons are awful places that rarely serve the purpose of reform which they're supposed to provide but I hadn't been able to conceive of what else could be.
I only say all of this in case you're where I was. There are people thinking bigger & listening to what's possible makes you able to imagine it & hope for it.
