When I started reading Mariame Kaba& #39;s writing really brought home to me the idea of abolition & introduced me to other writers on the subject. If you& #39;re not sure what defund the police means or if it& #39;s possible this is a good starting point. https://twitter.com/reclaimtheblock/status/1313968361265606661">https://twitter.com/reclaimth...

I believe prison abolition & defunding the police are the right things to do & entirely possible! But I didn& #39;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& #39;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& #39;re supposed to provide but I hadn& #39;t been able to conceive of what else could be.

I only say all of this in case you& #39;re where I was. There are people thinking bigger & listening to what& #39;s possible makes you able to imagine it & hope for it.