+1 I tend to think of it "abolish the police as we currently know it" I'm currently reading The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale, would highly recommend!
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I think the root of both of these questions is that people who have power (whether that be white people or mayors) need to listen to Black voices. It's not that the mayor just used the wrong term, it's that by using the wrong term he showed he wasn't listening.
I find the defenses of the term "refund the police" unconvincing. People have to explain what it means, i.e., not the actual meaning of the word "defund." This is a slogan. A good slogan should bring people in, and almost compel then to agree. Remember the"death tax"?
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And maybe Jacob Frey wouldn't agree to the *term* because he knows it's unpopular, and using that term will be counterproductive to doing what actually needs to be done... Where, by the way, he agrees with the protesters to a very great degree.
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isn’t that the script to successful protest though? you can’t protest for the compromise position
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