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But what are...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eThe Black Lives Matter protests in the US, which escalated in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, have brought the little-known but decades-old campaign to abolish US police into the spotlight. But what are abolitionists calling for, and how would a police-free society work? 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The rallying cry sweeping the US – \u003ca href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/05/defunding-the-police-us-what-does-it-mean' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eexplained ►\u003c/a\u003e 'It's not about bad apples': how US police reforms have failed to stop brutality and \u003ca href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/16/its-not-about-bad-apples-how-us-police-reforms-have-failed-to-stop-brutality-and-violence' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eviolence ►\u003c/a\u003e 19 dead in a decade: the small American city where violent police \u003ca href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/13/vallejo-california-police-violence-sean-monterrosa' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003ethrive ►\u003c/a\u003e Minneapolis lawmakers vow to disband police department in historic \u003ca href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/07/minneapolis-city-council-defund-police-george-floyd' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003emove ►\u003c/a\u003e Who do you serve, and who do you \u003ca href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27131078-who-do-you-serve-who-do-you-protect-police-violence-and-resistance-in' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eprotect? ►\u003c/a\u003e Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for \u003ca href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52979663-change-everything?from_search=true\u0026from_srp=true\u0026qid=mDAuPWLLlN\u0026rank=2' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eAbolition ►\u003c/a\u003e Cities Ask if It’s Time to Defund Police and ‘Reimagine’ Public \u003ca href='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/defund-police-floyd-protests.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eSafety ►\u003c/a\u003e \"We don't have time to wait\": Minneapolis anti-police brutality organizer Kandace Montgomery on defunding the \u003ca href='https://theintercept.com/2020/06/05/defund-the-police-minneapolis-black-visions-collective/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003epolice ►\u003c/a\u003e Defund the \u003ca 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