Can Abolition Work in an Age of Right-Wing Extremism?
Can Abolition Work in an Age of Right-Wing Extremism? Punishment can radicalize and further alienate people, while social policy and grassroots community building can defuse potential violence. January 22, 2021 Shay Horse / NurPhoto / Getty In response to law enforcement’s hands-off approach to the storming of the Capitol on January 6, some on the left have demanded harsher policing of right-wing extremism to match the often-brutal treatment of Black Lives Matter and leftist protest. That is, the very people who supported police reform or outright defunding over the summer seemed to want a ...
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