Community members: We just want the community to heal!
Community policing: We just want the community to heel!
“Community policing” is a strategy born out of military counterinsurgency tactics meant to legitimize systemic racism and violence in policing, by pairing friendly faces and selected neighborhood initiatives with information gathering/surveillance, SWAT teams and the pursuit of very minor infractions.
In this cartoon-style image, a person wearing a “Black Lives Matter” shirt and an “officer friendly” carrying a leash illustrate two different outlooks on the idea of community.
| Print Type | Digital (Union Printed at RLM World Headquarters) |
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| Poster Dimensions | 11×17" |
| Product ID | p1022 |
| Categories | Democracy, Posters, Prisons & Policing |
| Tags | abolition, black lives matter, community, community policing, justice, militarization, officer friendly, police, police abolition, police reform, policing, safety |
