defund the police has captured international attention. It’s a clear demand to cut funding and resources from police departments and other law enforcement (yes, even down to zero) and instead invest in programs, services, and interventions that actually make our communities safer and push us to ask ourselves: In what ways can we invest in the community so crime wouldn’t occur in the first place?As a Black queer man in America, I know far too well that the police have only continued to hurt bodies like mine throughout history even after many alleged reforms.