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Average rating4.3
This is a collection of essays about police brutality and alternatives to policing for community safety.
The first half of the book addresses police brutality against Black and brown people in the United States. The article about police treatment of pregnant people (including references to multiple women whose fetuses were assigned lawyers while they themselves were not!) was particularly infuriating.
The second half suggests alternatives to police and steps that communities can take to move away from police being the first responders in any crisis.
Overall it's a good introduction if you're starting to read in the news about abolition of the police and are wondering why, or what that would look like.