A beautiful practice.
Statuses
Kottke with a great summary of resources to help one understand what “abolishing/defunding the police” means in planning and practice.
“Going wide can be overwhelming—there’s so much to read, watch, think about. So go deep instead. “
Rebecca Toh encourages us to go deep
My wife on Apples and the steps one must take if even a single one is spoiled.
“We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.”
— Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Call It What It Is: Anti-Blackness. – The New York Times
Anti-blackness describes the inability to recognize black humanity.
Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube
This is important.
Few things make me sadder than how much we as humans short change our capacities.
All that we have the capacity to create, we have the capacity to change.
If we built it, we can tear it down. If we tear it down, we can build anew.
Third Precinct in Mpls. served as ‘playground’ for renegade cops – StarTribune.com
Part of understanding what sparked this whole mess is understanding the culture in the precinct the cops worked out of.
Also, costing the city taxpayers a stupid lot of money.