This brief is part of AVP’s Liberatory Narrative Brief Series—created to help communities, organizers, and advocates name what’s happening, understand the history behind it, and speak with clarity and power. It unpacks the 2025 surge in militarized law enforcement, the long legacy of “law and order” rhetoric, and offers framing, talking points, and graphics grounded in truth and liberation.
Our Liberatory Narrative Briefs unpack how power, culture, and messaging shape public understanding in Alabama and across the South. Each issue offers insight, analysis, and talking points that move us beyond reaction and toward transformation.
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