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Thanks for the links
These demands don't really reduce the role of the police...
That’s true, they don’t. I’m agnostic as to whether that’s a problem.
Which institutions could take up policing, or reduce it’s need sufficiently?
Or is the idea that the black community is better served less-policed and if so, how does one come to that conclusion?
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I believe the idea is that you can fund things which reduce the occurrence of crime, like education, addiction support and mental health services. Or just various other municipal things that improve people's quality of life more than police officers with extremely expensive military equipment going into economically deprived communities where people are desperate, jobless and facing mass-eviction.
exteroceptive
These demands don't really reduce the role of the police, which is the idea behind defunding (ie giving the funding to more suitable institutions) or abolishment.
Some further reading about "8 Can't Wait" and Campaign Zero -
https://twitter.com/BisHilarious/status/1268965777425657856
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/1270534642156949505