Tim Tolka on Consent Decrees and Police Reform
Added 2023-01-17 21:30:06 +0000 UTCTim Tolka is a journalist, screenwriter, and author of Blue Mafia: Police Brutality & Consent Decrees in Ohio. We sat down to chat about the nature of consent decrees, how they work, and the tough work of police reform.
You can learn more about Tim here:
https://bluemafiabook.com/
https://www.timtolka.com/
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Most people who are serious about police and prison abolition understand that it's not as simple as no sense of justice. Halden Prison is an excellent example of a different approach to removing people from society that have created harm while not dehumanizing the inmate or the society enacting the punishment. Taking away someone's freedom is enough. We don't need to maintain the status quo because it's too scary to reimagine a better future. For us in the U.S., we need provocative language like abolishing prisons or defunding the police so we actually pay attention and take this seriously. We don't get very far with milquetoast, non-threatening language. My sympathies with this writer's ex-wife.
Sela Lewis
2023-01-31 17:46:57 +0000 UTCSweet! More interviews! Thanks Jackson!
RedX2099
2023-01-18 05:37:32 +0000 UTC
