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That success — and the steady transformation of the motion to recommit into a political cudgel — has prompted many Democrats to call for its modification or abolition.
‘WE’RE IN THE FOXHOLE TOGETHER’: HOUSE DEMOCRATS RECKON WITH A DIMINISHED MAJORITYMIKE DEBONISNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POST
However, when the recent protests erupted, skeptics called police abolition extreme and impossible.
WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GETTING RIGHT — AND WRONG — ABOUT POLICE ABOLITIONFABIOLA CINEASOCTOBER 30, 2020VOX
Most people understand the abolition of policing, for instance, to be about the elimination of the police.
WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GETTING RIGHT — AND WRONG — ABOUT POLICE ABOLITIONFABIOLA CINEASOCTOBER 30, 2020VOX
When people speak of abolition, they think about it as a far-off thing.
WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GETTING RIGHT — AND WRONG — ABOUT POLICE ABOLITIONFABIOLA CINEASOCTOBER 30, 2020VOX
Phrases like “abolish police,” “defund police” and “police abolition” — concepts that have been central to the Black Lives Matter movement but less mainstream when discussing police reform — have also seen sharp upticks in interest.
WHAT PROTESTS CAN (AND CAN’T) DOSHOM MAZUMDER (SMAZUMDER@G.HARVARD.EDU)JUNE 8, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Abolition was now added to the conditions of re-admission to the Union.
THE LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVISFRANK H. ALFRIEND
I hope, therefore, that I shall not be thought obtrusive, or charged with taking up time with abolition petitions.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER, PART 3 OF 4AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY
It included the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
THE PAPERS AND WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOLUME FOURABRAHAM LINCOLN
The abolition of the council of the north and the council of Wales followed from the same principles.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.I., PART E.DAVID HUME
Real estate had increased in value nearly fifty per cent since abolition.
THE ANTI-SLAVERY EXAMINER, OMNIBUSAMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY

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