After cops murdered George Floyd, the Minneapolis police lost legitimacy. But new organizations took their place, using the language of abolition to justify their role as “the community policing itself.”
Last year, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey worked with one of those "community policing" groups to evict George Floyd Square. This year, one of those groups protected the mayor so he could make an appearance at the Square at an event honoring George Floyd.
Instead of police abolition, we get policing augmented by "community policing," all in the service of the ruling class.
About the ways that the authorities have sought to disguise new forms of policing as "police abolition":
https://cwc.im/AbolishMPD
About the first attempt to evict George Floyd Square in 2021:
https://cwc.im/GeorgeFloydSquare
