The police keep and maintain order in American society. I can’t imagine life without them, despite their flaws.

Police exist to protect the interests of capital; they have no legal or institutional obligation to protect or serve the public. Imagining a world without them is easy: just imagine a world where people's material conditions are met, thus eliminating poverty and solving the root cause of crime, instead of wasting our money and resources on the threats and tactics of state violence to terrorize the poorest and most marginalized of the public.