Learn the Fundamentals

Four lessons for new advocates

Understand the history of American police violence and learn how to pressure local decision makers to create policies that end brutality and secure accountability.

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Lesson 04

Reimagine Policing

Defund, abolish, and reform: Where do you stand?

Reimagine Policing: The Introduction
Where do we go from here? Review the top strategies.
Why should we defund?
Find out what defunding the police really means.
Why is abolition on the table?
Demystifying the path to abolition in policing.
Why is reform widely debated?
Interrogate the two main perspectives on reform.
Vocabulary
Policing terminology can get tricky. Let's unpack the language of the movement.