You may have already seen our Resources page, and/or our more focused #AbolitionReadings page. This page will contain many of the same links, but in a different format. Below is the archive of our Instagram linktree.
Currently, this list starts in December 2022 and goes backwards, ending in June 2020. We will continue to update it. If you’re looking for a specific link, you may need to use the “edit->find” option on your computer.
Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police”
Alternatives to Police and Prisons: Activists Share How to Better Address Violence
Police Departments Spend Vast Sums of Money Creating “Copaganda”
After Uvalde, “Police Lie” Should Be the Default Position
Cops Didnt’ Stop the Uvalde Shooting
“A portrait of systemic rot:” Minneapolis police making headlines
State: Probable cause that Minneapolis police engage in race discrimination – Minnesota Reformer
What Time is it on the Clock of Police Abolition? (Ricardo Levins Morales)
Ruth Wilson Gilmore on Abolition, the Climate Crisis and What Must Be Done
When Biden Says “Fund the Police,” It Should Spur Our Efforts to Defund Them
The Practical Politics of Police Abolition (Matthew Clair, the Nation)
The hidden billion- dollar cost of repeated police misconduct (Washington Post)
KARE 11 Investigates: Nearly 150 MPD cops with misconduct history served as trainers
The Failure of Police Reform (Micah Herskind and Tiffany Roberts)
“Practicing Abolition, Creating Community” Zine
Police in this tiny Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’ (John Archibald, AL.com)
For Angela Davis and Gina Dent, Abolition Is the Only Way (Hanna Phifer, Harper’s Bazaar)
Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody (Cecilia Nowell, The Nation)
The Police Lie. All the Time. Can Anything Stop Them? (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
People in Minneapolis Are Calling Each Other Instead of the Cops (Ella Fassler, VICE)
Experimenting With Our People’s Safety (Ricardo Levins Morales)
Looking to Get Cops Off Your Campus? Start Here (Lucien Baskin & Erica R. Meiners, Truthout)
Interrupting Criminalization’s “Cop’s Don’t Stop Violence” Report
Abolition Action’s “Abolition: How We Keep Us Safe” Zine
Cops, Crime, and Clockwork: Breaking the Cycle (Ricardo Levins Morales, Pollen)
Minnesota State Patrol destroyed texts, e-mails after riot response (Andy Mannix, Star Tribune)
Jaleel Stallings shot at the MPD; a jury acquitted him of wrongdoing (Deena Winter, MN Reformer)
The Fearmongering About Rising Crime Has Got to Stop (Takenya Nixon Brail)
True safety discards an oppressive police system (Sarina Partridge, Star Tribune)
True safety discards an oppressive police system (Sarina Partridge, Star Tribune)
The Authoritarian Instincts of Police Unions (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic)
The Enemy Within: Race and White Supremacy in American Policing (Steve Volk, Rolling Stone)
The racist roots of campus policing (Eddie R. Cole, WaPo)
The Lies Cops Tell and the Lies We Tell About Cops (Stuart Schrader, The New Republic)
Sahan Journal article on the clearing of George Floyd Square
The Forge Special Issue: The Uprisings: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Angela Davis Statement of Solidarity with Palestine, Gaza and Sheikh Jarrah
How the US and Israel exchange tactics in violence and control (Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera)
Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Abolitionists Have Bigger Dreams. (Movement Memos Podcast)
Defunding the Police Isn’t Punishment—It Will Actually Make Us Safer (Paige Fernandez, Cosmo)
You Cannot Divorce Murder From Policing (Movement Memos Podcast)
What ‘Minnesota Nice’ Sweeps Under the Rug (David Lawrence Grant, NYT)
Minnesota Values White Comfort More Than Black Lives (Justin Ellis, NYT)
You. Are. Not. Welcome. Here. Being Black in Minnesota (Michael Kleber-Diggs, MN Reformer)
Once Again, Police Rally Around Their Death-Dealing Power (Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic
Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba (The Nation)
Who will keep us safe in a world without police? We will (Hari Ziyad, Salon)
Oakland’s Plan to Shift Calls Away from Police Should Go Even Further (Molly Greene, The Appeal)
The Solution to Violence Against Women Will Never Be ‘More Police’ (Katie Way, Vice)
Abolishing the police and prisons is a lot more practical than critics claim (Noah Berlatsky, NBC)
How George Floyd’s Death Is Pushing Minneapolis to Rethink Public Safety (Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal)
Police Abolition 101: Messages When Facing Doubts
A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker)
‘I Want Us To Dream A Little Bigger’: Noname And Mariame Kaba On Art And Abolition
Black Minnesota Man Walks Free After 18 Years in Prison Following Questions About Conviction (TIME)
What 100 Years of History Tells Us About Racism in Policing (ACLU)
Black America is over-policed and under-protected (D.A. Bullock, MN Reformer)
Incremental Change Is a Moral Failure (Mychal Denzel Smith)
Defund the Police and Refund the Communities (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Public Books)
“KARE 11 Investigates: Message from the grave reveals another needless jail death”
MPLS Small Business Open Letter for Formation of Emergency Response Teams
Abolition Will Remain A Struggle Long After Election Day (Cherrell Brown, Essence)
Mass Protest Is Coming and the Cops Are on Trump’s Side (Kelly Hayes & Shane Burley, Truthout)
So You’re Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist (Mariame Kaba, #AbolitionForThePeople)
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison (Nicole Lewis, Aviva Shen, Katie Park, Slate)
Between the Numbers (Nyemadi Louise Dunbar, Pollen)
An Anti-Rape Movement Without Police (Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic)
Racial Capitalism & Prison Abolition Zine
NYT Profile of Angela Davis (Nelson George)
“Defund Police” explainer video by Project NIA and Blue Seat Studios
Stolen Freedom: The Ongoing Incarceration of California’s Indigenous Peoples (Morning Star Gali)
Losing My Son to Police Violence: A Conversation With Gwendolyn Woods (Kiese Laymon)
Why Arguments Against Abolition Inevitably Fail (Angela Y. Davis, Medium)
Aching for Abolition (Camonghne Felix, The Cut)
Coronavirus in Jails and Prisons (Kelly Davis, The Appeal)
If You’re New to Abolition: Study Group Guide (Abolition Journal)
To Stop Police Violence, We Need Better Questions — and Bigger Demands (Mariame Kaba)
Alternatives to Policing Based in Disability Justice
Where Calling the Police Isn’t the Only Option (Sarah Holder and Kara Harris, CityLab)
Constructive summer: Grassroots giving in a time of need (Emily Cassel, City Pages)
Teaching Abolition in the Classroom Curriculum (Ed Lib MN)
How a New Wave of Black Activists Changed the Conversation (Jenna Wortham, NYT Magazine)
BLUE BLOODS: AMERICA’S BROTHERHOOD OF POLICE OFFICERS (Eve Ewing, Vanity Fair)
How Did We Get Here? Three links on MPLS history
‘I don’t want pity, I want change’ (Letetra Widman)
THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT (Josie Duffy Rice, Vanity Fair)
Why “Crime” Isn’t the Question and Police Aren’t the Answer (Alec Karakatsanis, Current Affairs)
Ending Mass Incarceration Is Only the Beginning (Schenwar/Law Interview)
What Is Abolition, And Why Do We Need It? (Reina Sultan and Micah Herskind, Vogue)
Defund the Police (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker)
Young People Are Leading the Growing Movement for Police-Free Schools (Tasasha Henderson, Truthout)
‘We can enact the future we want now’: a black feminist history of abolition (Lola Olufemi)
The Problem With “Community Policing” (Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law)
Community Policing and Other Fairy Tales (New Comic Book!)
We Have Already Stopped Calling The Cops (Aviva Stahl)
Maru Mora Villalpando: The Time Is Now, Whatever It Costs
Get in Formation: A Community Safety Toolkit (via Vision Change Win)
How Prison Abolitionists Are Meeting the Moment (The Appeal)
Resources from Defund the Police: What Comes Next? Webinar, 7/12/20
How Defund and Disband Became the Demands
How I Became a Police Abolitionist by Derecka Purnell
‘Abolish The Police’ Isn’t New. This Energy Is.
Alexis Okeowo: How the Police Could Be Defunded
Pods and Pod Mapping Worksheet
Teen Vogue: 8 to Abolition Is Advocating to Abolish Police to Keep Us All Safe
Angela Davis: ‘We knew that the role of the police was to protect white supremacy’
Essence: Policing Has Failed: For Real Public Safety, We Need A Million Community-Driven Experiments
Sahan Journal: St. Paul School Board Vote Police Out of Schools
Twitter thread of community/neighborhood media discussing abolition
Tamara Winfrey-Harris: The Reckoning Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
Mariame Kaba: Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
MPD150: What are we talking about when we talk about “a police-free future?”
Sheraton Sanctuary interview + info
How decades of racist policies and “white mob violence” heightened tensions in Minneapolis
Towards the horizon of abolition: A conversation with Mariame Kaba