Derek Chauvin and Prison Abolitionism: A Socratic Dialogue
6 min readApr 21, 2021
An admittedly grumpy composite portrayal of every conversation I’ve ever had with a “prison abolitionist”:
Me: “I think the American prison system is vile and indefensible. We lock up way way too many people for way way too long and there are tons of people in prison right now should never have served a day behind bars. Even those prisoners who really do need to…