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In the Season 1 premiere of Why, Tho? Podcast, Alicia Elliott and Gregory Evans talk about the push to defund the police and the politics of the popular game Animal Crossing.

Read the episode transcript here.

Resources

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/01/886000386/de-blasio-on-shifting-1-billion-from-nypd-we-think-it-s-the-right-thing-to-dohttps://time.com/5862499/lapd-funding-cut/

https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2020/06/29/toronto-city-council-votes-against-cutting-2021-police-budget-by-10-per-cent.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dafonte-miller-theriault-decision-1.5627792#:~:text=Toronto-,Toronto%20police%20officer%20found%20guilty%20of%20assault%2C%20brother%20not%20guilty,been%20acquitted%20of%20all%20charges.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/05/what-even-is-animal-crossing.html