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‘Defund the police’ means re-fund the community

Owen Toews, Abby Stadnyk, and Serenity Joo / March 7, 2021 / 4 min read

On February 16, a group of abolition organizations across the country released a historic declaration to divest from prisons and policing and build safer communities for all. It gained immense traction nationally, with prominent signatories from the public sector and mainstream unions. But what is the deeper meaning of this movement, and what has happened since the historic protests of the summer?

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