The authoritative primer on police abolition by two celebrated,
veteran movement leaders
In
this provocative call to action, New York Times bestselling
author Mariame Kaba and fellow abolitionist Andrea Ritchie detail why
we should get rid of police and how we can create true community
safety in their stead. They explore the many ways police fail to
prevent or solve crime, instead causing harm themselves; demands to
defund the police, a key strategy advanced by modern police
abolitionists; and the many failures of contemporary police reforms.
Kaba and Ritchie are themselves personally engaged in movements to
end police, prison, and gender-based violence, and it is from this
perch that they illuminate the lessons of the past two decades--of
organizing toward a world without policing.
Centering
survivors of state, interpersonal, and community-based violence, and
highlighting uprisings, hyperlocal campaigns, and community-based
projects, No More Police makes a compelling case for a world
where the tools required to prevent, interrupt, and transform
conditions fueling violence in all its forms are plenty. Part
activist handbook, part movement history, No More Police calls
on us to turn away from systems that perpetrate violence in the name
of ending it, toward a world where violence is the exception and
safe, abundant, and thriving communities are the rule.
