![]() I hoped to write a book for people who are abolition-curious that was an additional offering to the incredible abolitionist texts that had been published or were coming out, from Angela Davis’ “Are Prisons Obsolete” to Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This ‘Til We Free Us.” While there was so much criticism or support in response to the demand, I witnessed many people become curious about what “defund” and “abolition” meant. During the 2020 uprisings in response to George Floyd - the most attended protests in US history - I was surprised and thankful that “defund the police” emerged as a central policy demand. Initially, I would have said police violence, but it is more accurate to say that the resistance to police violence helped to inspire this book. ![]() Resistance means the refusal to accept or comply with something, and I refuse to accept the unnecessary suffering that happens in the world and try to live a life that makes that possible for others, too. My life is a beautiful resistance because: Even as COVID exacerbated every inequity and isolated us, the Harvard Law School graduate co-created the COVID19 Policing Project at the Community Resource Hub for Safety Accountability to track police arrests, harassment, and other enforcement through pandemic-related public health orders. ![]()
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