✊🤖 Welcome to episode 17 where we thoroughly explain one of the most misunderstood concepts: defunding the police! Listen along as we break down what defunding the police really means and what that could look like with this week’s guest Ría Thompson-Washington, an all-around expert, activist, abolitionist, and co-chair of The United People of Color Caucus for the National Lawyers Guild. 

Mentioned on the Air

• Summer Thunder Part 1: The History of Policing in America
• Summer Thunder Part 3: A Better Way
• Police Scorecard
• 7 myths about ‘defunding the police’ debunked”
• We Should Still Defund the Police

Related Petitions

• Defund Police, Fund Communities 
• Defund and Demilitarize the Police

This Week's Panel

• Melanie
• Athena
• Ría Thompson-Washington

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Episode edited by Angel Barrera. If you need a show edited, you can find her on Twitter here!