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police (reform) "task forces," whether based in cities, college/university campuses, or other policed places, should be viewed with utmost suspicion. If their membership is *appointed* by an upper administrator (mayor, chancellor, etc), they'll likely *include* police.
police (reform) "task forces," whether based in cities, college/university campuses, or other policed places, should be viewed with utmost suspicion. If their membership is *appointed* by an upper administrator (mayor, chancellor, etc), they'll likely *include* police.
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We should have learned by now that the primary purpose of such task forces is *not* to create meaningful "recommendations" that will adopted by institutions/cities/etc. Rather, their central purpose is to *help sustain the police presence* in that place.
We should have learned by now that the primary purpose of such task forces is *not* to create meaningful "recommendations" that will adopted by institutions/cities/etc. Rather, their central purpose is to *help sustain the police presence* in that place.
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...The primary way these task forces *sustain the police presence* is... (TA DA!) by SIMPLY EXISTING AS "TASK FORCES." The very existence of these task forces protects/reproduces policing by creating a ritual of reform around "the police."
...The primary way these task forces *sustain the police presence* is... (TA DA!) by SIMPLY EXISTING AS "TASK FORCES." The very existence of these task forces protects/reproduces policing by creating a ritual of reform around "the police."
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the deadly absurdity is that "task forces" dealing with antiblack/racist/transphobic/misogynist/etc policing never take abolitionist methods, analyses, and community practices seriously. This is not unlike a "task force" on climate crisis excluding climate scientists.
the deadly absurdity is that "task forces" dealing with antiblack/racist/transphobic/misogynist/etc policing never take abolitionist methods, analyses, and community practices seriously. This is not unlike a "task force" on climate crisis excluding climate scientists.
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