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Some educational resources for those of good faith who want to inform themselves about the various forms of relief that black activists have called for as part of "defund the police."
First, the "12 Demands": https://twitter.com/AnotherSkeptic/status/1292452497727066114
First, the "12 Demands": https://twitter.com/AnotherSkeptic/status/1292452497727066114
(Above graphic comes from Pittsburgh, but most towns calling for police defunding have similar demands).
US used to spend equally on social welfare services & policing (still grossly overspending, cf. Europe).
Since then, crime went
; police budgets
. https://twitter.com/alfonslopeztena/status/1268617513903878144
US used to spend equally on social welfare services & policing (still grossly overspending, cf. Europe).
Since then, crime went
; police budgets. https://twitter.com/alfonslopeztena/status/1268617513903878144
Our city govts spend GROSSLY disproportionate & wasteful amounts of taxpayer money on police forces, compared to other countries.
This does not even include the $ for payouts re police brutality & abuse, which mainly are paid from a city's general fund. https://twitter.com/rasmansa/status/1334475790059266051
This does not even include the $ for payouts re police brutality & abuse, which mainly are paid from a city's general fund. https://twitter.com/rasmansa/status/1334475790059266051
Most people don't realize the scale of the problem or how their tax dollars are allocated, and when asked, many prefer to spend 5-10%, like Canada/Europe. That would be an 80-90% reduction or more in funding. https://twitter.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1265679773679759360
For example, Detroit spends almost $300 million on policing versus $9 million on health services. https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1268566457585106945
These horrifying inequalities - the cities' wastage & mismanagement of the wealth of the people, is an urgent public crisis. It's one that has weighed on the backs of Americans for decades.
We simply can't fund communities, without defunding the police. https://twitter.com/tylisawrites/status/1272596302816333827
We simply can't fund communities, without defunding the police. https://twitter.com/tylisawrites/status/1272596302816333827
A moral crisis also compels us to abolish police precincts whose officers use their power to abuse & murder black Americans, & which serve as instruments to maintain white supremacy & drain black taxpayer dollars to white officers outside the community. https://twitter.com/MarshallProj/status/1300796283754614785
It's a problem from large cities to small towns. https://twitter.com/notrealMolly/status/1268612068283871234
The crisis is nationwide, and the overspending on instruments of force against civilian populations is staggering. https://twitter.com/patrickhedlund/status/1293980264968921089
There are undoubtedly large incentives for public officials to oppose the funding restrictions demanded by the people. Look to the political power - and often, flat-out gang threats - exercised by police forces & their unions, e.g. https://twitter.com/katyaabaz/status/1268189559021621250
Good thread with more resources.
Please put effort into educating yourselves & figuring out how to talk about this, instead of finger-wagging at activists. Thanks. https://twitter.com/librarian_jedi/status/1290610211066126336
Please put effort into educating yourselves & figuring out how to talk about this, instead of finger-wagging at activists. Thanks. https://twitter.com/librarian_jedi/status/1290610211066126336
Also, see if you can guess who said this, without peeking at the thread. https://twitter.com/chargrille/status/1334396008126562304
