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femmedem

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Mon Jun 29, 2020, 09:01 AM Jun 2020

Rethinking the Police: a Study Guide

I never thought I'd stumble upon this at a site called The Mom Edit. It begins with the author listening to Alisha Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, moves on to a story about witnessing police harassing a group of young black teenagers in an upscale neighborhood, and ends with a compilation of resources about defunding the police, abolishing police, alternatives to calling the police.

It's going to take me a long while to go through the various resources, but in the meantime, here it is.
https://themomedit.com/living-on-life-unpacking-with-lex-alternatives-to-police-defund-abolish-reform-black-lives-matter/

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