The Argument to Abolish Police

David CouperJuly 16, 2020July 21, 2020Uncategorized

Communities across the country are rising up and demanding that policymakers reallocate budgets by divesting from the police and investing directly in Black communities.

This webinar explores what “defund” means, its connection to police abolition, how “anti-Blackness” must be confronted before any system can provide safety and justice, and why PolicyLink rejected police reform in favor of systems transformation aligned with the demands of this historic moment.

Featured Speakers:

Michael McAfee, President and CEO, PolicyLink
Rachel Herzing, Executive Director, Center for Political Education
Anne Price, President, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Anand Subramanian, Managing Director, PolicyLink

https://www.policylink.org/equity-in-action/webinars/police-abolition

Published by David Couper

I served over 20 years as the chief of police in Madison (WI), four years as chief of the Burnsville (MN) Police Department, and before that as a police officer in Edina (MN) and the City of Minneapolis. I hold graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Edgewood College in Madison. I have written many articles over my years as a police leader. After retiring from the police department, I answered a call to ministry, attended seminary, and was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. After 25 years leading two Episcopal Churches in Portage and North Lake, Wisconsin, I now serve as Associate Pastor in a growing, dynamic, and Spirit-filled Lutheran congregation in nearby Mazomanie. View all posts by David Couper

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Jim Ellis says:

July 21, 2020 at 3:01 pm

You sure you’re a former police? Makes you wonder why a former law enforcement officer would throw the entire field under the bus. Makes you wonder if you have some secret axe to grind.

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1. improvingpolice says:
  
  July 21, 2020 at 3:45 pm
  
  “Axe to grind”? — really? I post items like this because a learned police understands what and why things are happening. If you follow this blog you will know that my position is “re-imagine” policing, not abolishment. Check my credentials.
  
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