Year 1 Ep. 19 – Police Defunding vs Abolishment
Our policing culture needs to change, the way we fund the police needs to change, and we need deep systemic changes. Nicole talks about the issues with the police, and some ideas on what to do next.
- Story Music: "Secret of the Forest [Chrono Trigger]" by The OneUps
- City Has Paid More Than $524 Million Over Past Decade To Settle Lawsuits Against Police - https://cbsloc.al/3fb5CCJ
- The NYPD “slowdown” that’s cut arrests in New York by half, explained - https://bit.ly/2BKIqwt
- What a World Without Cops Would Look Like - https://bit.ly/2Up6CLf
- CPD Budget To Swell To Over $1.7 Billion In 2020 Budget - https://cbsloc.al/37bq2so
- Officers Had No Duty to Protect Students in Parkland Massacre, Judge Rules - https://nyti.ms/2Y80Dfc
- Nickelodeon’s ‘I Can’t Breathe’ broadcast underscores importance of talking to kids about racial injustice - https://bit.ly/3dMIc67
- ITS GOT BLUEBERRIES - https://bit.ly/2MEqSV9
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