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@TENDEMANDS
Mar 10, 2021 • 21 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
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Abolition is not about anarchy, or absence of accountability

As Ruth Wilson Gilmore said, it’s about the presence of life-affirming institutions

We decrim victimless “crimes”

And hold perpetrators of true crimes truly accountable to the people and conmunities they’ve harmed
Through reparative, transformative justice, victims and perpetrators (who’ve typically been victims themselves) are repaired and transformed through mediation, rehabilitation, and service to the community
Police patrols are replaced by wellness checks

And responses to emergencies are handled by highly trained, unarmed health and psychiatric experts
As we demilitarize and #DefundThePolice on the road to #AbolishThePolice and prisons, we re-allocate and invest in education, jobs training, mental health and drug treatment, harm reduction, mutual aid, and re-entry services
As we build a more humane society, where communities protect and care for themselves, we hold existing police, prosecutors and judges accountable

We end qualified immunity, cash bail, civil asset forfeitures, police unions and foundations, the death penalty, the 1033 Program...
To take action, and hold your municipal, state and federal representatives accountable, send the TEN DEMANDS letter via @resistbot text: tenforjustice.com/take-action

To learn more about the movement to #AbolishThePolice and #AbolishPrisons, visit tenforjustice.com/resources
TEN DEMANDS founders @AWKWORDrap, @zoyaislove and @anhiebananhie delivered a keynote at @ExtinctionR XR World on March 6, 2021

They talk police violence, mass incarceration, the movement to #AbolishThePolice and #AbolishPrisons, and the need for demands

Since May 2020, organizers in 20 cities have won $840+ million in police department divestments and $160+ million in community investments

And we’re not done yet

#DefundThePolice #TenForJustice
On Demand 1: #DefundThePolice and Reallocate Resources to Impacted Communities Image
On Demand 2: Demilitarize the Police

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On Demand 3: Eliminate Discriminatory Policing, Prosecution and Sentencing

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On Demand 4: Institute Complete Law Enforcement Transparency and Accountability
On Demand 5: Independently Investigate All Police Crimes and Abuses of Power Image
On Demand 6: Install Community Representation, Oversight and Safety Measures Image
On Demand 7: End Strategic Counter-Protest Violence Image
On Demand 8: Apologize and Provide Reparations Image
On Demand 9: End the War on Drugs Image
On Demand 10: End Carceral Punishment Image
Want to #DefundThePolice?

Download: The TEN DEMANDS Abolitionist Guide for Community Organizers and City Councils

drive.google.com/file/d/17DlRuD…

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Abolition is beautiful

Abolition is beautiful

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May 20, 2023
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Mar 14, 2021
So what do we mean by #DefundThePolice?

Reject any proposed police department budget expansion, and implement the highest possible budget cuts every year until the budget is reduced to zero.

Cut all police salaries until they are reduced to zero.

1/5
Institute a freeze on all new hires.

End all new investments in police training and facility renovations.

Completely remove funding for public relations.

Eliminate paid administrative leave.

2/5
Eliminate for-profit policing, including all quotas, fines, pay-based arrests and civil asset forfeitures.

End all police contracts with government and non-government agencies providing social services.

Repeal the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights.

3/5
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Nov 8, 2020
#KamalaHarris pushed a law that forces schools to turn undocumented students over to ICE, separating them from their parents and violating human rights, and continues to defend the existence of ICE
#KamalaHarris laughed about putting parents in jail if their kids missed school, disproportionately harming single parent households, the poor, and families of color, including homeless mothers
#KamalaHarris refused to address what the Supreme Court calls “unconstitutionally overcrowded” prisons specifically to perpetuate the exploitation of the mass incarcerated for slave labor
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