We can work for safety and liberation by investing in community-based alternatives to policing, like mental health programs, public education, restorative justice practices, and economic justice.
There is a long history of racism in U.S. policing. For all Americans to be truly safe, it is important to weed out White supremacy, especially in the institution sworn to protect us all.
The human 鈥渇ight or flight鈥 response gives demagogues like Trump a tool for political manipulation. But we could replace oppression with a system of care.
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