{"id":1787,"date":"2020-07-31T17:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.livefreenow.show\/index.php\/2020\/07\/31\/live-free-now-14-instead-of-defunding-lets-dismantle-the-police-and-replace-it-with-something-better\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T20:45:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:45:34","slug":"live-free-now-14-instead-of-defunding-lets-dismantle-the-police-and-replace-it-with-something-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/2020\/07\/31\/live-free-now-14-instead-of-defunding-lets-dismantle-the-police-and-replace-it-with-something-better\/","title":{"rendered":"LFN#14 &#8211; Instead of &#8220;Defunding&#8221;, Let&#8217;s Dismantle the Police and Replace it With Something Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1787-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/livefreenow\/wchdz3\/live_free_now_139654l.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/livefreenow\/wchdz3\/live_free_now_139654l.mp3\">https:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/livefreenow\/wchdz3\/live_free_now_139654l.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>In this podcast, I talk about the monopolistic and coercive nature of municipal police. I share why I think dismantling and defunding the police is not the best approach to solving the problem of police brutality and systemic racism. Rather, we should disband and dismantle the police and replace them with private security, community defense, and\/or a more accountable means of public safety. Let neighborhoods and communities choose their own form of public safety.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Instead of &quot;Defunding&quot;, Let&#039;s Dismantle the Police and Replace it With Something Better\" width=\"1102\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nHoyGmT8D6Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, I talk about the monopolistic and coercive nature of municipal police. I share why I think dismantling and defunding the police is not the best approach to solving the problem of police brutality and systemic racism. Rather, we should di&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livefreenow.show\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}