Angela Davis: Abolishing police is not just about dismantling. It's also about building up
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- The nationwide protests that started in response to the police killing of George Floyd have evolved into a movement calling for defunding of the police. "Defunding the police is not simply withdrawing funding for law enforcement and doing nothing else. … It is about shifting public funds to new services and new institutions," says Angela Davis, legendary Black liberation activist and preeminent scholar of abolitionist thought. "Abolition is not primarily a negative strategy. It's not primarily about dismantling, getting rid of - but it's about re-envisioning, building anew. And I would argue abolition is a feminist strategy, and one sees in these abolitionist demands that are emerging the pivotal feminist theories and practices."
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Angela Davis teaches me Abolitionist strategies and theory without burying me in abstract philosophy.
She's probably being less than completely honest with you in that case. If you were well- versed in philosophy, you would see AD for what she is. Sad but true!
@@PK-re3lu And what is she?
She thinks slavery has stopped but child slavery is still happening in Ghana 🇬🇭
@@valence47 She has never stated she thinks slavery has stopped lmao. She has specifically said that slavery is still in need of abolition.
Fuck BLM.
I hope there is a feminist social worker that shows up to your home when a criminal is trying to break in.
Angela Davis adequately delineates why it is insufficient to evaluate the problems of policing from the perspective of evaluating the behavior of individual officers and correctly gives the discussion the institutional framing it needs to critique law enforcement as an institution. This is the point I've tried to make in my work for years. I wrote about this years ago in my essay "The Myth of the Societal Protagonist Otherwise Known as 'The Good Cop'".
You are as delusional as she is
'Just Mercy' is free this month (June, 2020) on youtube - also on some other streaming services.
Where's the link. I can't find it.
Just fucking pay for it, Jesus Christ man it’s like 5.99 on Xfinity
Thank you Angela
Okay what did she just say? 🥴🥴 Sounds like a bunch of jibber jabber. I need translation.
restructure post slavery society.. this is what we are doing...
Dude slavely is long gone.
Yeah defund the police indeed! How's that working out now in Portland, In New York, Seattle and other cities?
Do you feel safer?
What about the drug gangs do they get a bit of the action?
People committing crimes need to pay . Sorry that’s life .
Individualist ignorant thought
@@bcastillo179 people are NOT always good. Even in a utopia crimes would still happen. Police must exist and i clap everytime a fucker gets caught and throwned into a cage. And yes, we are a society but we are individual so yeah i support individualism, i dont have to support your life choices
Yes, social workers. Exactly who I want showing up when the meth head couple across the street from me starts fighting and throwing things at each other again. I’m sure that’ll work out great.
That’s not the case most of the time and you know this.
you are seriously missing the entire point lmfao, get your head on right
@@g1ummyy I think you need to get your head on right.
QUEEN
Of delusional politics
Love Angela, its great shes sharing her understanding of the issues.
❤ a deconstruction is followed by a generation of kids coming up who grew up building on video games. ❤
happy healthy families.
...building up to a grand finale.
Angela Davis is still going strong I lived in the Bay Area in the early 70's She is was fighter then as well.However do you believe that after they abolish the police that all of the masses will change and go down the path of straight and narrow?
What??? White lady asked a simple question and Angela went around a big ass park and I still don’t understand her answer😏
We know she’s white. You just could’ve said the other women
@@andtheywillknowusbyourname5511 STFU You don’t get to dictate how I speak....
I've read the original MPD plan of action, it doesn't make any sense either, piecing it all together this basic plan is this:
Police department is done away with,
Money from PD is spent on Schools for education, "hand-up" programs, the stop youth from turning to crime, Social workers replace cops and step in to de-escalate situations, should a crime occur perpetrator is given mental health assistance and rehabilitation not prison,
There is no theft prosecution either that is left to insurance companies.
The line of thinking is that crime wont happen if you take away the atmosphere that "created it" thus utopia.
@@rampancyproductions Wake up, no matter how much you try to push your implausible utopian vision IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
@@grahamradcliffe I DO NOT disagree with you, the insurance thing will literally turn this country into what South Africa is right now.
Thank you so much dog for doing this
Here's a radical idea, Ms. Davis. If you don't want people to think that you want to defund the police, then don't call your movement "Defund the Police." It seems to me that proponents spend about 85% of their time defending their use of a word that does NOT mean what the purport it to mean, and that's time they could be using trying to prop up their absurd idea that calling a mental health counselor will help when someone is breaking into your house or robbing your store.
This woman has been correct for 50 years.
Of supporting communists and letting criminals run rampant
@@jmcdrawer5031 do you even know what communism is
How on earth is this correct. All she’s suggesting is an idea lol. It’s a brainless idea too
not really
America: Abolish the police!
Mexican cartel: 👀
The Mexican cartel is working with the USA government and their own cops in Mexico 💀
@@marixcx Are you okay with emailing me? There's something I want to talk to you about privately. If you're uncomfortable with emailing, I've got one other option.
They turnin' the police into the police force from The Demolition Man..Be Well...nigguh
Angela Davis! Thank you! When I was at University you influenced me now you've opened up another corridor wow! I think something positive may develop out of this, hopefully! I was talking to some young Americans tonight & they can see the problems! But you've got to give them someone relatable to vote for like AOC! We've had crud leaders in new Zealand too! Angela Davis clearly describes things! Violence is scary I've witnessed it & is not the way! Education helps us navigate justice! We just need more objective reasoning & Angela Davis is showing us the path
I have much respect for Angela and I believe she is entitled to her opinion but I can’t fully agree with her on this one. Much criminal behavior is a result of systemic deficiencies. And I agree the penal system should address this, but I don’t believe the police system should be abolished. That will only lead to the privatization of police- where wealthy people can afford to hire private security and those who are poor can not and will be exploited. Sorry Davis but we don’t live in a fairy tale of black and white solutions. Society will never reach the ideal pinnacle where there would be absolutely no need for police because you are failing to realize that not all crime comes from deficiency or mental health issues. Some people are just greedy. Like all those people on Wall Street who are wealthy but who still break the law to obtain more wealth. All the mental health funding in the world won’t stop those people from committing crime. I think that this push for abolition of police is inherently wrong (at least in this case) because the assumption that all crimes are committed by lower class, underprivileged, unintelligent people is inherently wrong.
And what is the police doing to stop the greed of those on Wallstreet? Since u gave them as an example..
@Ian Westby Agreed
What a crazy women. Bad people will always exist even if you lived in a utopia. Police is a must amd there have since the damn of times being necessary.
What about the child slavery still active in Ghana
As a African American Women I'm demanding that my private PASSWORD guarded ACCOUNTS not be broken into by any entity in order to defame my character or threaten me and block my communication and suppress my financial status!!!!
What are you talking about
@@vinceschannel8927 She's obviously stupid as f*ck
Feminism really
I thought she was crazy, but now i know it's the people who misrepresent her who are crazy.
She is just dumb
Welp
The police have power and will not give it up easy.
As much as you guys want to really “defund” the police, it will never happen. Society needs them too much
@@broflo3875 I don't think police should be done away with however changes are needed.
@@deborahlee63 I'm not so sure that they do. It seems that everyone from civilians to celebrities, the media to athletes, and politicians to activists groups are all experts on what need to be done to enforce laws in this country, except for the people who actually have to go out there and do the job. I'm curious to know, what changes do you think are "needed"?
@@broflo3875 defund and abolish them
How dare the interviewer speak to Angela Davis in such a demanding tone
She was. It. These two are really good friends.
Kamau Kambon, dat you?
She is right.
"Defund the police", is the wrong theme for community defense reformation.
It's easy to see it as something wrong at first glance when you haven't heard the actual demand.
Everyone recognizes the problem but the energy is useless without a solution
@@joshholmes9976 solution is all the demands
@@hueybrown3238 the demands won't fix the issue of systemic racism
How about the human condition of power corrupting to those who have it, ends justifying means and tribalism?
@Milagros B. no offense but you don't know what anarchism is. Rioting isn't anarchism..its chaos. Big difference
IT'S AGONISING TO SEE AMERICA CAN'T FUND FREE EDUCATION
Stfu and pay attention to your own country
We need cops and strong middle class high paying jobs so the community can police itself not bloated government programs that only help themselves.
Building up hell lol
Angela Davis, an eternal voice of reason, equality, and sanity, in this desert called, "America"!!
The voice of crazyness maybe
General rule...if you can't explain it in a few sentences then you probably need to think it through a little more... this is less a comprehensive policy recommendation and more a fiscally impossible wishlist.
The myth of the "level playing field" is a vicious lie.
How so?
@donna ford Get a life, kid.
Educa 'abolush; tion equals shun abolish DEPART'mENTS for IMPART'Ments
Getting rid of the police is like getting rid of the fire department and putting funding towards fire safety classes. That’s all good, but what about when a fire is out of control? You can have all the safety measures in place, but it will still happen.
Nobody could have explained that better than you.
No it's not. It' be more akin to everyone having a fire extinguisher availible to them. That everyone knows how to use it and have the resources necessary to deal with a fire and know what to do.
@@bcastillo179 actually I agree, and when you see a floor to ceiling blaze blasting through your living room, please let me know how useful that fire extinguisher is.
@@bcastillo179 ok so if someone close to you was the victim of a brutal murder carried out by unknown assailants what exactly would you then want to happen? It’s clear that the only acceptable solution would be for trained, professional people to try to identify the perpetrators. Correct? Now if there is no police force then how exactly would that be possible?
@@bcastillo179 so you think someone with a fireextinguisher can stop a great fire better than train people who do that 24/7? What kind of person thinks a regular civilian can do a better job than a trained officer
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Hurting your own.
There is still slavery going on in the country that sold slaves to the Europeans years ago so how comes Ghana is allowed to carry on with these crimes??? She keeps going on about the end of slavery but open your eyes Ghana who sold you to America has still got slavery
@Steffen Zander if you haven't got an intelligent answer just abuse people and call them names ,if it makes you feel better 😉
She's talking about America bruh dumbest argument
Try it out in 1 city / state and watch it fall apart before you tell the entire country to adopt this shit.
You can debate it all day, and you will still be wrong, cops and prisons are a necessity as long as humans live in society. Its all good tho cuz i can tell the intentions are good here, however if youve ever been to prison you would know why we need them.
All of this intellect is really very foolish. A new thing is happening and you cant put new wine in old containers.
How about lowering taxes?
If you think lowering taxes are a way of increasing your income then you don't understand economics. The Government creates it's own money through the fed, it doesn't need your taxes to fund it. Taxes are used to control inflation. Increasing taxes lowers inflation and decreasing taxes increases inflation. The government doesn't spend your taxes. When you are taxed the government takes that money out of circulation, it deletes those dollars. When the government spends it creates money, it prints dollars. The government could lower taxes, but that would just increase inflation and therefore you are left with the same value of money in your pocket.
Heresy
donna ford lower it more
Cut the government down to what the founding fathers envisioned
@donna ford No i'm not missing anything, have you not noticed your bills increasing?
donna ford definitely 👍
I have a question for you Angela Why you not demand to abolish the brutal tyranny communist system that have been in Cuba for 61 years ?
How are you saying its not about dismantling when you're saying abolish the police. Defunding is taking the cops off the street. We need law enforcement. It bugs me how we are even having this conversation. We call the cops when we get attacked or have trouble,but don't want them around on a daily basis? I don't care how famous you are, you are wrong to say it.
Angela Davis aged very well she still looks nice
There’s a better way to go about this Angela,,, abolition ain’t the way.. feminism has lost the plot..
Some ' Black Panther ' she was; isn't she now married to a ' white ' female ?
You make yourself sound like a BIGOT!
When did she get married recently? Where is your source? Stop with the lies as she has only been married once.
Fyi, the BPP was a militant integrationist formation from the very beginning, and had several non-black members! Which is one of the reasons it failed! The masses of blacks in this country don't want to integrate with whites contrary to white beliefs!!! So, being married to a white woman is not a contradiction in the integrationist school of thought!
This channel is full of ideas that sound great on paper but played out as a nightmare.. WAKE ⏰ UP
So, "abolish" the police? And "who" is going to monitor the criminals in your community? The very criminals yourself have failed to confront and address and is why they still exist today and influence people, particularly, young people in your neighborhoods, who, YOU?
Read a book, dumbass.
@@duskblooms Yeah, that's what most people in those communities have FAILED to do!