Investing in Our Community: Why Defunding the Police Matters
Concurrent with the Black Lives Matter movement comes concerns over the militarization of police forces in communities across the nation, an issue that is no doubt one of immediate remediation. A solution that has caught both mass popularity and criticism is defunding the police, and while some associate it with the radical notion of abolishing […]
How Defunding the Police Will Aid Climate Justice
Police in America Police killed over 1000 people in 2019, and 24% of these people were black, although black people only make up 13% of the population. The police force’s dark origin in America serves to remind us of our nation’s racist history, which pervades our society today through systemic oppression helped by the police. […]
Ending Police Brutality: The Benefits of Reducing Police Presence
Cries for Action Over the past weeks, the topic of police brutality, especially against the African American community, has dominated national news. In all 50 states and many countries around the world, protesters have taken to the street to call for police reform. The viral video that sparked cries of outrage showed a police officer […]