Sources:
- Zev Cook “Defund the police” quote: X post, Oct. 15, 2022 (screen shot)
- Zev Cook is co-chair of the Tacoma chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America; both DSA’s local chapter and its National Electoral Commission have endorsed Cook in this election.
- The Democratic Socialists of America have an Abolition Working Group, which lists on its political platform both “Defund the police” and “Freedom for all incarcerated people.”
- These are also the demands from the DSA’s political platform, adopted at its 2021 National Convention: “Defund the police” and “Freedom for all incarcerated people.” This platform includes explicit demands to “Free all people from involuntary confinement” and “close local jails.”
- Pierce County Corrections Jail Roster – These are the prisoners who could be released if the jail is closed, as DSA demands.
