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A review by talonsontypewriters
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Ableism, Drug use, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, Transphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, Islamophobia, Child death, Trafficking, and Mental illness
Minor: Pedophilia, Animal death, and Torture
Police violence (especially against people of color, mentally ill people, homeless people, sex workers, and children) and abuse of power, on both a systemic and individual level, is covered in fairly explicit detail, with many specific cases described. Dated terminology ("transgendered") is used in passing.