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What “Defunding the Police” Actually Means
A police officer with their back turned.

What “Defunding the Police” Actually Means

Defunding the police allows communities to reinvest in other forms of community support while dismantling a system rooted in racism and white supremacy.

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Question private security forces.

Citizen is a privately-owned “public safety” app that reports neighborhood crime to residents. It has 5 million active users, more App Store downloads than Twitter (Forbes), and is backed by venture capital firms like Sequoia Capital, which is also investing in heavyweights like Cisco, Instagram, and YouTube (Sequoia). It’s a rebrand of an app called Vigilante, which actually encouraged users to go after suspected criminals (Tech Crunch). After the Pacific Palisades fire last month, Citizen sent the full name and photo of a suspected arsonist to 860,000 users. Citizen put a $30,000 bounty on this man, who was unhoused (Oaklandside), and, as in its days as Vigilante, encouraged its users to “get out there and bring this guy to justice” (Vox). As it turns out, he was innocent.

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Abolish qualified immunity.

The death has been referred to as an “accidental discharge.” But there is nothing accidental about the death of an unarmed Black man by law enforcement. Our system is designed to maximize interactions between Black and brown people and police officers, which all but ensures that harm will happen. This is enforced through the practice of over-policing, initiatives that have justified increased levels of policing for the sake of the greater good, but often with adverse consequences (Scientific American).

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COINTELPRO targeted Black activists throughout history. How does it impact Black Lives Matter today?
COINTELPRO Black Activists

COINTELPRO targeted Black activists throughout history. How does it impact Black Lives Matter today?

COINTELPRO, a series of covert and illegal initiatives by the FBI, and its impact on Black activism in the 1960s.

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The Police Use of Ketamine in Arrests Faces Scrutiny
A close up of a cop arresting a person.

The Police Use of Ketamine in Arrests Faces Scrutiny

Police face criticism for their use of ketamine in the arrest of individuals they mislabel as “aggressive” following the death of Elijah McClain.

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