The New, Expanded Edition of our "Enough Is Enough" History and Toolkit
#AbolitionReadings: Selected Articles
You. Are. Not. Welcome. Here. Being Black in Minnesota (Michael Kleber-Diggs, MN Reformer)
With Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago officials placing blame on everyone except police, how does Little Village heal after Adam Toledo’s shooting? (Kelly Garcia, The Triibe)
Once Again, Police Rally Around Their Death-Dealing Power (Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic
Incompetent, Dangerous, Irredeemable: Police demonstrate persistent failure to uphold oath to protect and serve, continue to play executioner of Black people (ISAIAH)
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up (James Kilgore interviewing Victoria Law, Truthout)
Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba (The Nation)
Who will keep us safe in a world without police? We will (Hari Ziyad, Salon)
Oakland's Plan to Shift Calls Away from Police Should Go Even Further (Molly Greene, The Appeal)
The Solution to Violence Against Women Will Never Be 'More Police' (Katie Way, Vice)
Mariame Kaba, Abolitionist and Author, on We Do This Til We Free Us (interview by Kandist Mallett, Teen Vogue)
A quiet storm: Unraveling the kind heart, troubled mind, and sudden death of Dolal Idd (Hibah Ansari, Sahan Journal)
Yes 4 Minneapolis Campaign - Info on How to Sign the Petition
The George Floyd Act wouldn't have saved George Floyd’s life. That says it all (Derecka Purnell, The Guardian)
Abolishing the police and prisons is a lot more practical than critics claim (Noah Berlatsky, NBC)
How George Floyd's Death Is Pushing Minneapolis to Rethink Public Safety (Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal)
Police Brutality in Rochester Proves that Police ‘Reform’ is a Myth (Thomas B. Harvey, Justice Project)
The Fantasy of Community Control of the Police (Ricardo Levins Morales, Zola Richardson, Jonathan Stegall, and Woods Ervin)
Police Abolition 101: Messages When Facing Doubts
A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker)
The So-Called ‘Kidnapping Club’ Featured Cops Selling Free Black New Yorkers Into Slavery (Jonathan Daniel Wells, Smithsonian Mag)
'I Want Us To Dream A Little Bigger': Noname And Mariame Kaba On Art And Abolition
Black Minnesota Man Walks Free After 18 Years in Prison Following Questions About Conviction (TIME)
The Bad Cops: How Minneapolis protects its worst police officers until it’s too late (Max Nesterak + Tony Webster, Minnesota Reformer
What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing (ACLU)
Black America is over-policed and under-protected (D.A. Bullock, MN Reformer)
Incremental Change Is a Moral Failure (Mychal Denzel Smith)
Defund the Police and Refund the Communities (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Public Books)
"KARE 11 Investigates: Message from the grave reveals another needless jail death"
MPLS Small Business Open Letter for Formation of Emergency Response Teams
COVID Needs Are Urgent, But Many Cities Are Prioritizing Police Funding Instead (Debbie Southorn, Truthout)
Abolition Will Remain A Struggle Long After Election Day (Cherrell Brown, Essence)
Mass Protest Is Coming and the Cops Are on Trump’s Side (Kelly Hayes & Shane Burley, Truthout)
So You’re Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist (Mariame Kaba, #AbolitionForThePeople)
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison (NIcole Lewis, Aviva Shen, Katie Park, Slate)
Between the Numbers (Nyemadi Louise Dunbar, {Pollen)
An Anti-Rape Movement Without Police (Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic)
Racial Capitalism & Prison Abolition Zine
NYT Profile of Angela Davis (Nelson George)
"Defund Police" explainer video by Project NIA and Blue Seat Studios
Stolen Freedom: The Ongoing Incarceration of California’s Indigenous Peoples (Morning Star Gali)
Losing My Son to Police Violence: A Conversation With Gwendolyn Woods (Kiese Laymon)
Why Arguments Against Abolition Inevitably Fail (Angela Y. Davis, Medium)
Aching for Abolition (Camonghne Felix, The Cut)
Coronavirus in Jails and Prisons (Kelly Davis, The Appeal)
If You’re New to Abolition: Study Group Guide (Abolition Journal)
To Stop Police Violence, We Need Better Questions — and Bigger Demands (Mariame Kaba)
Even A Pandemic Couldn’t Stop Police Shootings. Activists Explain Why Abolition Must Be Our Goal (Mary Retta, Refinery29)
Alternatives to Policing Based in Disability Justice
Where Calling the Police Isn’t the Only Option (Sarah Holder and Kara Harris, CityLab)
After 100 Days of Protest, Writers and Photographers Reflect on What They’ve Witnessed (Harper's Bazaar)
Constructive summer: Grassroots giving in a time of need (Emily Cassel, City Pages)
Teaching Abolition in the Classroom Curriculum (Ed Lib MN)
How a New Wave of Black Activists Changed the Conversation (Jenna Wortham, NYT Magazine)
BLUE BLOODS: AMERICA’S BROTHERHOOD OF POLICE OFFICERS (Eve Ewing, Vanity Fair)
How Did We Get Here? Three links on MPLS history
'I don't want pity, I want change' (Letetra Widman)
THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT (Josie Duffy Rice, Vanity Fair)
Why These Sexual Assault Survivors Support Defunding The Police (Alanna Vagianos and Jenavieve Hatch, Huffpo)
Why “Crime” Isn’t the Question and Police Aren’t the Answer (Alec Karakatsanis, Current Affairs)
Ending Mass Incarceration Is Only the Beginning (Schenwar/Law Interview)
What Is Abolition, And Why Do We Need It? (Reina Sultan and Micah Herskind, Vogue)
Defund the Police (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker)
Young People Are Leading the Growing Movement for Police-Free Schools (Tasasha Henderson, Truthout)
America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety (Josiah Bates & Karl Vick, Time)
'We can enact the future we want now': a black feminist history of abolition (Lola Olufemi)
'Defund the police' movement could offer sexual assault survivors a different path for justice, experts say (Wilson Wong, NBC News)
The Problem With “Community Policing” (Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law)
Community Policing and Other Fairy Tales (New Comic Book!)
Minnesota Labor Can Lead The Nation as we Reimagine Public Safety Together (Anna Kurhajec, Workday MN)
Police Violence Against Black Disabled People Can’t Be Ignored Anymore (Elyse Wanshel, Huffpo Black Voices)
We Have Already Stopped Calling The Cops (Aviva Stahl)
We Want More Justice For Breonna Taylor Than The System That Killed Her Can Deliver (Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie)
Maru Mora Villalpando: The Time Is Now, Whatever It Costs
Get in Formation: A Community Safety Toolkit (via Vision Change Win)
How Prison Abolitionists Are Meeting the Moment (The Appeal)
Resources from Defund the Police: What Comes Next? Webinar, 7/12/20
How Defund and Disband Became the Demands
How I Became a Police Abolitionist by Derecka Purnell
‘Abolish The Police’ Isn’t New. This Energy Is.
Alexis Okeowo: How the Police Could Be Defunded
Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet
Teen Vogue: 8 to Abolition Is Advocating to Abolish Police to Keep Us All Safe
Angela Davis: ‘We knew that the role of the police was to protect white supremacy’
Essence: Policing Has Failed: For Real Public Safety, We Need A Million Community-Driven Experiments
Sahan Journal: St. Paul School Board Vote Police Out of Schools
Twitter thread of community/neighborhood media discussing abolition
Tamara Winfrey-Harris: The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
Mariame Kaba: Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
MPD150: What are we talking about when we talk about “a police-free future?”
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