Real safety doesn’t come from more policing. It comes from communities.
For generations, Black communities have faced systems that prioritize punishment over protection. And too often, the mainstream conversation leaves out the solutions being built on the ground.
Don’t Cop Out is a new video podcast from PushBlack that explores what happens when communities take safety into their own hands. We spoke with four groundbreaking programs leading the way:
- The Baton Rouge Community Street Team (BRCST)
- Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS)
- Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD)
- The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP)
Each episode puts you in the front seat of this work, showing how these groups reduce harm, respond to crises, and reimagine public safety without relying on police.
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We’re living through a political moment that’s actively erasing the stories, movements, and histories that make liberation imaginable. From criminal justice reform to abolition to Black history itself—what’s under attack isn’t just policy, but possibility.
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