Stop ignoring the defund & abolish movement when mentioning “police reform”. I’ve seen so many articles acknowledge there’s no real way to enforce proposed reforms or any proof it’ll make a difference, but then there’s no mention of the racial justice movement to defund & abolish

This is a sincere ask of everyone reporting on this topic— please spend some time reading the work of abolitionists. Understand the argument for abolition & what it means/looks like before assuming it’s impossible. It’s arguable that reform is more impossible than abolition.

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us

https://www.google.com/amp/s/level.medium.com/amp/p/397ef29e3ca5

“The End of Policing” Vitale (2017) https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing

“Are Prisons Obsolete” by Angela Davis

The Abolitionist Futures Reading List: https://abolitionistfutures.com/full-reading-list