The Struggle Continues

By Andrea J. Ritchie

As communities across the country respond to the latest round of brutal police killings, on the heels of the deadliest year of police violence in over a decade, the question of what to do about the violence of policing is once again at the forefront of public debate. The answer lies in the ongoing organizing to divest from policing and invest in what creates conditions for greater safety and well-being that communities from Seattle to Miami, Austin to Milwaukee, are continuing to fight for, flying in the face of declarations by pundits and politicians that movements to #DefundPolice are dead. 

This report from the frontlines chronicles ongoing victories in efforts to reduce police budgets, increase investment in meeting community needs and building community-based institutions, and grow movements to divest from the violence of policing. Summarizing lessons learned over the past two years, it calls on movements and philanthropic organizations to make deep and long-term investments in organizing toward the world our communities deserve.

#DefundPolice #FundThePeople #DefendBlackLives