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Yesterday I talked about police department budgets. So if you’re an abolitionist you want to start working on reducing police budgets right? Except its not that simple and I think the topic of how you get police budgets reduced is a good example of the complexity of thinking about abolitionist work. Andrea Ritchie and Mariame Kaba have a chapter on this called “Tricks and Tension.” 1/8
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Can you work with a municipality and stay true to the notion that police are not the answer for public? After all, the police budget IS the public safety budget! And if you do decide to work on reducing the police budget, can you trust governments to make the process something meaningful. But if you don’t work with a city, then where will the money come from to accomplish the change you want? It’s complicated! 2/8
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This is one of those areas where people must pick where they want to have an impact. There is a process called “participatory budgeting” where citizens (regular people) get involved with the process of developing a budget, either for a special project or on a grander scale. Here’s Citizens Lab’s explanation of the process: https://www.citizenlab.co/blog/strategy-budgeting/steps-to-effective-participatory-budgeting/ 3/8
