Black Lives Matter leader proposes this five-year plan to completely abolish police
July 8, 2020 | Frieda Powers
The leader of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement wants the “complete abolition†of the police department to be completed in five years.
Activist YahNé Ndgo told Fox News on Tuesday that Black Lives Matter Philadelphia has a five-year-plan to accomplish the goal of ridding the city of law enforcement personnel.
“One of the things that we are demanding over five years is the complete abolition. We don’t want to see any police in our community,†Ndgo told Fox News, explaining the group’s radical plan in the wake of other calls across the nation to either defund – or completely dismantle – police departments.
“Over the course of those five years, it gives time for the community to begin to build what is needed. We aren’t looking to leave any kind of vacancy around the issue of safety,†the writer and singer added.
Ndgo, who is also a coordinating committee member of the Black Alliance for Peace, pointed to what she sees as a cycle of poverty leading to crimes as well as drug use, and contended that addressing drug addictions will make a significant impact on society.
“As we address these particular concerns, and at the same time build restorative justice practices, and build out our mental health response teams, and build medic responses,†she said, “[These are] responses that really actually deal with the issues that are in place. Then we will have less crime anyway.â€
The BLM group is advocating that funds which would have been used by the city’s police department could be applied in other areas in the community.
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