Long before 'Defund Police' movement, Portland's Black Panthers sought 'community control' of police, pursued radical ballot initiative
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In 1970, the Black Panther Party argued that Portland had a “separate set of rules” for how it policed the Black community -- and offered a solution.
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Defund the Police, Perspectives on History
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DEFUND. REINVEST. PROTECT. — IMAGINE BLACK
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Long before 'Defund Police' movement, Portland's Black Panthers sought 'community control' of police, pursued radical ballot initiative
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PDF) The wounds that do not heal: Black expendability and the traumatizing aftereffects of anti-Black police violence
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Man reports black panther sighting in Bogue Chitto - Daily Leader
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With federal law enforcement gone, Oregon electeds must focus on protest demands - OPB
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From the frontlines of struggle: The PSL in action this week – Liberation News
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Long before 'Defund Police' movement, Portland's Black Panthers sought 'community control' of police, pursued radical ballot initiative
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Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy 2020951079, 9781546059585, 9781546059561
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When protesters call for 'defunding the police,' what does it mean?