Thinking from a decade-long collaboration in Gullah/Geechee Nation in South Carolina, US, this talk brings together literatures on the political economy of urban governance, climate change and the racial state.  Hollowed out by neoliberal restructuring, local governments in the US are increasingly turning to racialized policing to raise revenues, charging officers with issuing numerous tickets for “quality of life” violations and minor driving infractions.  Officers overwhelmingly target working class people of color for these kinds of tickets, entangling them in the carceral state, sometimes with deadly consequences.  My research with Gullah/Geechee people suggest that these dynamics are also playing out in the realm of natural resource law enforcement and may provide a window into the future of racialized climate governance.  I consider the opportunities and challenges this presents for making knowledges for climate futures otherwise.