That is Enough Punishment: Situating Defunding the Police Within Antiracist Sentencing ReformDuring the summer of 2020, the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others created a movement that unearthed a reality that Black people in theJalila Jefferson-BullockJelani Jefferson ExumSocial Science Electronic Publishing
Verizon Vice President David Hubbard also interviewed Khalil Muhammad, who reportedly criticized police as well. Muhammad, who is the great-grandson of former Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, said: "So we have a two-tier system in public education. Just like we have a two-tier society...
In some sense, the move highlights that the police role and remit is not a settled, immovable social fact, and as such, this development, in some limited sense, lends support to the 'defund the police' argument. However, defunding done properly requires more than simply withdrawin...
THAT IS ENOUGH PUNISHMENT: SITUATING DEFUNDING THE POLICE WITHIN ANTIRACIST SENTENCING REFORMJefferson-Bullock, JalilaExum, Jelani JeffersonFordham Urban Law Journal