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    Abolition

    Police and Prosecutors

    4 actual proposals for cutting Chicago’s police budget right now

    By Grace Del Vecchio (City Bureau) | November 23, 2020

    We likely won’t see the 75% cut that organizers have asked for, but there are some proposals on the table.

    Essential Work

    Listen: Youth organizers discuss Black joy, West Side history and the future

    By Erisa Apantaku (South Side Weekly) and Adeshina Emmanuel | October 1, 2020

    “We are the revolution. It is in our bodies. It is in our bones. It is in our art. It is in the way that we speak.”

    Essential Work

    ‘My ancestors were freedom fighters, and they’re teaching me how to fight’

    By Kaleb Autman | September 22, 2020

    Let Us Breath organizer Kaleb Autman, 18, reflects on his awakening as a West Side activist and how he’s responding to the needs of his community.

    News

    Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake spotlights systemic racism, police spending in Wisconsin

    By Carlos Ballesteros and Adam Mahoney | August 31, 2020

    Wisconsin cities with the highest numbers of Black residents tend to spend more on policing. Those police forces are also a lot whiter than the cities they serve.

    Commentary

    Abolition: ‘They said what they said’

    By Charles Preston | July 9, 2020

    To educate ourselves, and our readers, Injustice Watch hosted a conversation with six Chicago-area abolitionists. Here’s a snapshot of what we heard.

    Commentary
    Amara Enyia

    Amara Enyia: Chicago must defund—not just reform—the police

    By Amara Enyia | June 15, 2020

    “Reform is a perfectly warm, comforting blanket. It is comfortable and sedating. But it also smothers.”

    News

    Chicago has nearly tripled per capita police spending since 1964, data show

    By Carlos Ballesteros | June 9, 2020

    For activists and city leaders calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to cut the police budget, it’s clear that the money could be better spent elsewhere.

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