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Iowa City Council member discusses abolishing police
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Iowa City Council member discusses abolishing police
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - “The abolishment of police would mean that there were no more police,” said Laura Bergus. “I think it was pretty clear. I imagine a long slow process where the community builds alternatives to what our current policing is.”
A city without an armed police force. That was what Council Member Laura Bergus said the city should be working toward, and that included responding to violent incidents.
“Policing that uses lethal force to answer every possible kind of call is premised on punishment,” she said. “It’s premised on violence, and I don’t think, personally, that’s how we protect the members of our community.” ....

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