DEFUND THE POLICE
Will It Reduce Violence?
Jacqueline Helfgott
Professor
Professor Jacqueline Helfgott is a professor and the director of the crime and justice research center at Seattle university.
She also serves in the Seattle police department crisis intervention committee.
JACQUELINE HELFGOTT
Alex Vitale
Professor
Professor Alex vitale is a socialists professor at Brooklyn college and the coordinator of the policing and social justice program.
He is also the author of The End of Policing.
ALEX VITALE
RESOURCES:
RESOURCES:
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-movement-to-defund-the-police-is-wrong-and-heres-why/
https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101877975/what-would-it-mean-to-defund-the-police
https://www.wpr.org/what-does-defunding-police-forces-look
https://mynorthwest.com/1916442/seattle-rally-city-defund-the-police-community-solutions/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxhmfzCjsls (Vice News Discussion)
https://komonews.com/news/local/if-seattle-defunded-its-police-department-what-would-happen-next
https://crosscut.com/news/2020/08/people-crisis-seattle-defaults-police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0YpOmk8NA
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/defund-the-police
https://www.essence.com/feature/defund-police-fund-black-lives-m4bl/
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/is-it-time-to-defund-the-police/
http://bostonreview.net/law-justice/derecka-purnell-what-does-police-abolition-mean