Educational Resources

Long-form: books and feature length films

• The End Of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
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Short-form: clips, blogs and articles

• What the police really believe
  Inside the distinctive, largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence.

• Police Accountability: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

• Police: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

• The Broken Policing System | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix

• We're Doing Elections Wrong | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix

• Eliminate Plurality Voting and Replace it with Ranked Choice Voting
   

Like-minded organizations and accounts to learn about

• Grassrootslaw.org - sharp, well-organized individuals based in SF who are working on state-by-state plans to defund the police.​

• Defund12.org has an email template for Reno citizens to lobby their elected officials to defund police.

• The Breakdown with Shaun King - a podcast. Shaun King is a skilled organizer and is the Co-Founder of Real Justice, which has helped elect brave new District Attorneys all over the country. His daily podcast, The Breakdown, has become famous for its practical action steps for social good. He is a fierce advocate for families impacted by police brutality, white supremacy, and mass incarceration.
   

News

• ​Reno-area police respond to Black Lives Matter calls for reform. Here's what they said (RGJ).

• RGJ article about Miciah Lee. Note that the article may not be available to those who don’t subscribe to the paper.

• Sparks Mayor Comes Out Strong Against Defunding the Police (RGJ).