Shirley Leslie

May 26, 2023 | truthout.org | Erica R. Meiners |Shirley Leslie |Melanie Brazzell |Austin McCoy

Part of the SeriesThe Road to AbolitionIn the summer of 2020, at the onset of a deadly pandemic, George Floyd’s murder propelled unprecedented numbers of people across the globe to take to the streets. From Australia to India, from Johannesburg to Saskatoon, demands reverberated to defund police and invest in safer communities.