Norman activists began a #PoliceFreeFutures month social media campaign for April, encouraging participants to create 30 different visions for community safety without police.
The Norman Collective for Racial Justice â who is leading this event â is calling artists, creators, activists and revolutionary thinkers to take over their platform and share ideas on how to keep the community safe without police.Â
âSome people have the misconception that police and public safety are synonyms, and so the idea of âdefunding the policeâ provokes a response that is immediately defensive and fear-based,â NC4RJ said in an email. âBut there are other people in our community, especially young people, who are excited about the possibilities that would become available to us if we invested in other methods of creating safety.âÂ