Dismantle each and every police force. (external)
Title link goes to the donation page for Black Visions Collective. I don’t have much to say here, honestly. I’ve been kind of going about my business, writing and creating things as a way to distract my mind. Which, frankly, is the textbook definition of white privilege. I have a bunch of dorky shit that I’d love to write about, but… at this point, saying nothing may as well be an act of violence.
I’ve never had a positive encounter with the police, yet I’ve still survived all of them, come out unharmed. I truly hope that people are seeing cops instigating violence, posing as taxi drivers, taking a knee for a photo op before spraying peaceful crowds with chemical agents, showing off their might with ominous coyote brown vehicles, yelling ‘if you do not move, you will be dead’ at protestors from their armored trucks… I hope people who have given the police the benefit of the doubt are seeing this bullshit and realizing just how wrong it all is.
If there’s protest action happening in your city, there’s almost certainly an abuse of power going with it. Funds in Minneapolis, NYC, LA… they all need support. But pay attention to your community as well. Lift up those who need it, however you can. Tear down systems of oppression. Public safety can exist outside of this structure. Fuck the police.