Dismantling white supremacy is difficult, slow and tricky work. Please use this space to celebrate our feats of any size, but also critique what kinds of victory we are interested in as a community (i.e. are symbolic and performative gestures enough?)!
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Los Angeles City Council Introduces Motion To Reduce LAPD’s $1.8 Billion Operating Budget
https://deadline.com/2020/06/lapd-funding-city-council-reduce-operating-budget-1202950507/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7021392/k-pop-white-lives-matter-george-floyd/
Minneapolis Votes To Disband Police Department https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/07/minneapolis-votes-to-disband-police-department/#442030e35274
yes! fuck Frey!
I peeped on Dem Now. He talked about proper reallocation of resources. We don't need them!
Justice in Policing Act? I guess we'll find out soon if this counts as some sort of small step. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/06/congressional-democrats-unveil-police-reform-package-next-week/
A SUMMARY
https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6939207-Justice-in-Policing-Act-Summary