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Abolishing the police means abolishing it. Nothing will replace it. Crime will be prevented by eliminating its causes and there will be some mechanisms to deal

• crimsoneer 6y ago
  I sure hope the mechanism for last resort cases isn't men and women in uniform with guns, because then social workers will be very unwilling to approach any potentially violent situation without the not-police-uniform-gun-men there. Sorry to be cynical, just the experience of a police officer in a place where social services are funded far, far better than the US - police don't want to deal with mental health all the time, but being the agency of last resort makes it very easy to abdicate responsibility to.
  • guerrilla 6y ago
    Indeed, I think it helps to understand what police authority and responsibility is exactly and then one can more easily see what variations are possible. See my response to the comment sibling to yours.
• frosted-flakes 6y ago
  > will be some mechanisms to deal with last resort cases. Like police? I read the article and Twitter threads. They don't explain it.
  • guerrilla 6y ago
    No, first, like re-callable community self-defense who would answer to competent managers of specific situations rather than being incompetent managers of situations themselves, be internal rather external to the community and be re-callable at any time rather than essentially having immunity. It's a mistake to assume that police abolition means pacifism. It's also a mistake to assume the use of violence means policing.