Abolish The Police
January 4, 2021
For political reasons, I temporarily changed my social media avatar from "Abolish The Police" to "Black Lives Matter". Since the reason no longer applies, I changed my avatar back. Almost immediately, someone on Facebook 
asked the standard liberal question "And do what about crime?" (She deleted her comment after I a) documented the fallacy of her question and b) informed her how lazy and inconsiderate it was.)
Given that others still don't understand why we will never end white supremacy and systemic racism without eliminating slave patrol/union busting cops, here's some places to start. (And, these are only starting points. Many of my articles point to other articles/authors and there are long and detailed reading lists available at many libraries and online.)
1) Much of what you call "crime" (except that involving bodily harm) was created by laws written to continue slavery based on the wording of the 13th amendment (and have precedence in imprisoning uppity peasantry).
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-black-codes-4125744
2) #Police ≠ #PublicSafety In fact, cops are hazardous to public health.
https://goldhaber.net/blog/2020_08_20_bioweaponizing-a-pandemic.php
https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-man-wrongfully-detained-maskless-police-officer-tests/story?id=74967778
3) Police do not prevent or solve crimes. They show up after a "crime" has been committed, ask for the public's help and/or tap into your business/personal surveillance video to figure out who did it, and then lie to get confessions/convictions.
https://goldhaber.net/blog/2020_06_06_defund-the-police-to-end-police-violence.php
4) Police are criminals and liars.
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_09_12_blue-crime-matters.php
https://twitter.com/fodderyfodder/status/1297405642848837633
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_09_23_peaceful-protests.php
(Also, see thousands of hours of OTG video contradicting fabricated police reports "documenting" protest events in which police instigate and are the primary perpetrators of violence and murders of unarmed Black people.)
5) There are no good cops.
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_11_17_no-good-cops-still-on-force.php
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_07_18_rotten-apples.php/
If you want to stop crime, use the money wasted on police to make sure everyone has enough to eat, a safe place to live, an education, and health (including mental health) care.
https://goldhaber.home.net/blog/2020_06_06_defund-the-police-to-end-police-violence.php
Also, eliminate the oligarchy that rewards corporations and billionaires who constantly steal from the rest of us and never face any penalties.
If you want to know more, you should do your own research. If you do not know where to start, I regularly posted on Facebook and on Twitter on this topic.
I also wrote about it here and on The Big Smoke America as well as in much of my poetry.
asked the standard liberal question "And do what about crime?" (She deleted her comment after I a) documented the fallacy of her question and b) informed her how lazy and inconsiderate it was.)
Given that others still don't understand why we will never end white supremacy and systemic racism without eliminating slave patrol/union busting cops, here's some places to start. (And, these are only starting points. Many of my articles point to other articles/authors and there are long and detailed reading lists available at many libraries and online.)
1) Much of what you call "crime" (except that involving bodily harm) was created by laws written to continue slavery based on the wording of the 13th amendment (and have precedence in imprisoning uppity peasantry).
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-black-codes-4125744
2) #Police ≠ #PublicSafety In fact, cops are hazardous to public health.
https://goldhaber.net/blog/2020_08_20_bioweaponizing-a-pandemic.php
https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-man-wrongfully-detained-maskless-police-officer-tests/story?id=74967778
3) Police do not prevent or solve crimes. They show up after a "crime" has been committed, ask for the public's help and/or tap into your business/personal surveillance video to figure out who did it, and then lie to get confessions/convictions.
https://goldhaber.net/blog/2020_06_06_defund-the-police-to-end-police-violence.php
4) Police are criminals and liars.
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_09_12_blue-crime-matters.php
https://twitter.com/fodderyfodder/status/1297405642848837633
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_09_23_peaceful-protests.php
(Also, see thousands of hours of OTG video contradicting fabricated police reports "documenting" protest events in which police instigate and are the primary perpetrators of violence and murders of unarmed Black people.)
5) There are no good cops.
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_11_17_no-good-cops-still-on-force.php
https://www.goldhaber.net/blog/2020_07_18_rotten-apples.php/
If you want to stop crime, use the money wasted on police to make sure everyone has enough to eat, a safe place to live, an education, and health (including mental health) care.
https://goldhaber.home.net/blog/2020_06_06_defund-the-police-to-end-police-violence.php
Also, eliminate the oligarchy that rewards corporations and billionaires who constantly steal from the rest of us and never face any penalties.
If you want to know more, you should do your own research. If you do not know where to start, I regularly posted on Facebook and on Twitter on this topic.
I also wrote about it here and on The Big Smoke America as well as in much of my poetry.