South Brooklyn DSA

Stop, read J's many published articles and interviews on the topic. It's abt lived reality under brutal police, not an academic exercise.

Thank you for rec, I'd like to clarify that I in no way mean to diminishing lived reality under murderous racist system, & understanding—

—pros and cons of various interventions is important to me as an educator. Restorative justice is an all-hands-on-deck fight & we MUST win.

Ok but J's work is about abolition. Asking him to provide data on some barely used training technique is...why? Kinda tone deaf imo

He CC'd someone into the convo ostensibly due to their expertise or relevant understanding, was curious abt it but didn't want to be rude.

Sry didn't catch that

All good! It's exhausting how many don't even realize how they act in bad faith w/important convos about violently enforced asymmetry.

Good intentions sure. Where you're coming from - wanting to educate wealthy unaffected "woke" ppl is confusing to me but that's jus me