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Abolition of police and prisons

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Abolish is to flourish! Against the prison industrial complex and for transformative justice.

See Critical Resistance's definitions below:

The Prison Industrial Complex

The prison industrial complex (PIC) is a term we use to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as solutions to economic, social and political problems.

Through its reach and impact, the PIC helps and maintains the authority of people who get their power through racial, economic and other privileges. There are many ways this power is collected and maintained through the PIC, including creating mass media images that keep alive stereotypes of people of color, poor people, queer people, immigrants, youth, and other oppressed communities as criminal, delinquent, or deviant. This power is also maintained by earning huge profits for private companies that deal with prisons and police forces; helping earn political gains for "tough on crime" politicians; increasing the influence of prison guard and police unions; and eliminating social and political dissent by oppressed communities that make demands for self-determination and reorganization of power in the US.

Abolition

PIC abolition is a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment.

From where we are now, sometimes we can't really imagine what abolition is going to look like. Abolition isn't just about getting rid of buildings full of cages. It's also about undoing the society we live in because the PIC both feeds on and maintains oppression and inequalities through punishment, violence, and controls millions of people. Because the PIC is not an isolated system, abolition is a broad strategy. An abolitionist vision means that we must build models today that can represent how we want to live in the future. It means developing practical strategies for taking small steps that move us toward making our dreams real and that lead us all to believe that things really could be different. It means living this vision in our daily lives.

Abolition is both a practical organizing tool and a long-term goal.

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The authorities said that Mr. Litton had suffered from mental health issues for decades. Based on writings they uncovered after the shooting, investigators said that he believed that he was an officer in a paramilitary organization tasked with performing child executions.

… Mr. Litton had a criminal history that dated back to his teenage years and included convictions for identity theft, forgery and petty theft, the authorities said. He had been incarcerated several times, though the authorities noted that none of his previous crimes were violent.

It's not clear what Litton's incarcerations accomplished. It's not out of the question that his time inside caused or exacerbated his condition, leading to this shooting.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/159095

Here's the archive link: http://archive.today/2024.12.06-125212/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/school-shooting-california-kindergarteners.html

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

... what fucking paramilitary organization????

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

The one in his mind

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They whitewash fascism by blaming this on "mental health" and "homelessness".

They'll never talk about the deep racism throughout the injustice system. They won't talk about the right-wing ideology. They won't ever talk about the actual problems with pale skinned people. The capitalist media provides absolute cover for fascism, genocide, etc.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You're making an awful lot of baseless statements that conflict with the known facts so far. The police think he targeted the school because of its affiliation with the Seventh Day of Adventist church. There's no indication that this was politically or racially motivated.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He wrote that he was a lieutenant in (the / an) International Alliance.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

And this group does "child executions"?? I mean what the ever loving fuck is going on here?