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27 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Yes. Can we make this the slogan? #PurgeThePolice
Abolish the police: No. A professionalized, bureaucratized police force is good, actually. And without that, it seems like sundown town-style local tyranny could materialize.
Defund the police: Yes but. People take it to mean total defunding, which just means abolition. But hitting the police is in the purse strings is a really important tool.
Reform the police: No. This is just centrist milquetoast pablum that offers no guidance and tbh often means failing to acknowledge the problems at all.
Purge the police: Connotes cleansing, which is what is needed in addition to structural reforms. But the big issues are the infestation of racists in the police, the "thin blue line" mentality of an occupying military force, and prison-police complex corruption. #PurgeThePolice

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