Tsilala and Ricky discuss whether we should Defund The Police.
Joined by Arlene, Maya and Shayna we get into some of the emotions around Police Institutions, the Abolitionist movement and more!

ReSOURCES from the Episode: 

Ricky’s Defund The Police Definition: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/19/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-and-does-it-have-merit/

Shayna’s Police Training elsewhere takes three years: https://www.dw.com/en/why-german-police-officers-rarely-reach-for-their-guns/a-17884779

Cyntoia Brown Information: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749025458/cyntoia-brown-released-after-15-years-in-prison-for-murder

California Incarcerated Firefighters: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-11-01/california-inmate-firefighters

Companies benefiting from Prison Labor: https://laborrights.org/in-the-news/your-valentine-made-prison

Tsilala EJI source: https://eji.org/criminal-justice-reform/

Car real Redlining: https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/06/25/carceral-redlining-white-supremacy-is-a-weapon-of-mass-incarceration-for-indigenous-and-black-peoples-in-canada/