Vital Dividing Lines Based On Class And Education Are Being Erased From The Police-Reform Conversation

Here's why you're hearing so much about 'abolishing' and 'defunding' the police these days

There’s something interesting going on with the calls to “abolish the police.” Usually, the way it goes down online, in spaces where journalists and activists and academics hang out, is this:

Person A: I really don’t understand how anyone can be in favor of the slogan “abolish the police.” Of course police need to be reformed, but abolishing them altoget…