404: Should We Defund the Police?

<p>What do we mean when we say we want to defund the police? Also, who came up with the idea of police originally, and how are they supposed to act?</p> <p>Covered topics: George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, Robert Peel, Peelian Principles, Rover’s Morning Glory, Steven Kinas, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, Mariame Kaba</p> <p>Further Reading:</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnxlq5XQMkg</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peelian_principles</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-night">https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/04/23/anger-managed-the-copy-who-arrested-rover-has-a-history-of-violence-and-plenty-to-say-about-that-july-fourth-night</a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract</a></p> <p><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.html">https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-abolitionist-lessons-for-america.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/defund-the-police-1007254/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/">http://aworldwithoutpolice.org/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/opinion/defund-police-floyd-protests.html</a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/philosophy