Great piece, Jack. I've been reading up on what defunding the police actually means (I had no idea before) and it seems like doing that, funneling that money into social workers, mental health, community mediation programs, etc., while also implementing reforms like 8can'twait, would be a good start.
For others who are looking for resources into what defunding the police could look like, I thought these articles were helpful, at least for me:
Great piece, Jack. I've been reading up on what defunding the police actually means (I had no idea before) and it seems like doing that, funneling that money into social workers, mental health, community mediation programs, etc., while also implementing reforms like 8can'twait, would be a good start.
For others who are looking for resources into what defunding the police could look like, I thought these articles were helpful, at least for me:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/07/defund-police-heres-what-that-really-means/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/what-is-defund-police-trnd/index.html