What do we mean when we say we want to defund the police? Also, who came up with the idea of police originally, and how are they supposed to act?

Covered topics: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Robert Peel, Peelian Principles, Rover’s Morning Glory, Steven Kinas, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, Mariame Kaba

Further Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles

https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-night

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html

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