by Sean Lee | Oct 4, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Reform
Footage of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds until his death, shocked the nation and led to protests around the world calling for an end to police brutality.[1] Unfortunately, for the Black...
by Jessica Mugler | Dec 30, 2020 | All, Criminal Justice Reform, Police Reform
Today, cries to “defund the police” or “abolish the police” fill newsfeeds and protests.[1] Demands are not hard to spot—go to city hall or scroll through a social media site, and you will likely find advocates pushing to redistribute some (or all) funding from the...