“For me, one immediate goal of AbLA is to advocate for transparency about how police and policing affects libraries,” Esmail says via email. “There is still a lot we do not know about how pervasive policing is in our institutions. This includes not only the physical and visible presence of police, like [with] police security in some libraries, but financial commitments such as budget allocations, ties to the prison-industrial complex, and issues with data access and privacy rights, like when surveillance cameras are used.” that two of the group’s biggest goals are to ensure that library budgets do not go toward policing and to create a safe library environment without the use of police force. Trump’s announcement Tuesday came despite urging from world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and German ChancellorAngela Merkel Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died on Monday, May 25after a white police officer