I’m new here and don’t know what to put in my profile. She/them, living in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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  • In our case it was a city of about 40,000 that only existed for two weeks, so it’s hard to say how it might scale

    Keeping order is one thing, but police do a bunch of things no one else has time for.

    Endless follow ups, liaising with social workers, taking long statements for inquests, or spending all day protecting someone’s right to peacefully protest.


  • Maybe it’s because I live in a country where the police don’t carry guns (and sex work is legal), but I found it really hard to put my finger on exactly what they are advocating for here.

    They seem to be saying that police only exist to enforce middle class interests? I don’t think that’s entirely true.

    I would like to see more change in how policing is done, but the idea that communities self-police is idealistic. Sure they do in some ways, but it can be just as selective and just as damaging as anything police do.