Police Reform
The law cannot make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important also - Martin Luther King Jr
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How to reform American police, according to experts
The proposals focus on repairing the damage done by centuries of abusive policing practices in minority communities, from addressing racial biases to limiting use of force to holding police accountable. And in working to rebuild trust in police, the ideas could actually help cops do their jobs — enabling them to help keep minority communities safe, instead of terrorizing these communities.
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Getting Serious About Police Reform
Training and accountability are key to ending this awful cycle.
Watching the Watchmen
The single most important change Congress can make is to write out of existence the misbegotten legal doctrine of “qualified immunity,” which makes it unreasonably difficult to hold officers or agencies financially liable for misconduct.
A Discussion on How to Reform Policing
The search for transformation has a long and halting history.
After Tyre Nichols Death, Officials’ Moves Reflect a Shift in Handling Police Violence
With cameras nearly everywhere, and residents wary, the authorities are moving faster and speaking critically when officers are accused of beatings.
America can’t fix policing without fixing the country’s gun problem
America’s tremendous number of firearms makes it much harder to reform policing.
American cities have long struggled to reform their police – but isolated success stories suggest community and officer buy-in might be key
Community confidence is critical to police reform and community safety. When citizens view police as legitimate and trustworthy, they are more likely to report crimes, cooperate during police investigations, comply with directives and work with police to find solutions to crime.
Amid Calls to ‘Defund,’ How to Rethink Policing
Cops shouldn’t be sent to deal with social problems—substance abuse, mental illness, homelessness—they aren’t trained to handle.
Believe Without Seeing
National outrage doesn’t necessarily translate to reform.
How to actually stop police brutality, according to science
Evidence-based changes to policy around policing can reduce deaths at the hands of the police. These steps alone can't end racism overnight or erase the myriad inequalities in American society, but they can save lives.
Rethinking police reform: From defunding to promoting sustainability
Externally, a key outcome of police sustainability is enhanced legitimacy, which can be measured through citizen perceptions that the police act lawfully, treat community members fairly and with respect and keep them safe. Rethinking what we mean by police sustainability, how we measure it and how we hold the police accountable for outcomes, may create the opening for a more viable path to reform.
Where Americans stand on policing today
Americans overwhelmingly support reforms — but many still trust police.
How to reform American police, according to experts
As protesters demonstrate against police violence, here are eight ideas for reforming law enforcement in the US.
15 Things Your City Can Do Right Now to End Police Brutality
There's a strong case that the problem with policing isn't actually the police, but us — the police are merely enforcing our democratic will. Yet the real-life benefits of this umbrella term we've dubbed "police reform" — decriminalization, commitment to reducing prison populations and community oversight, to name a few — can still be impactful, if not quite a cure-all.
Police Brutality Prevention Center
Our non-profit organization is about preventing police brutality. Over 100 people have been killed since 2015 and this subject has been making headlines all over the country. We want to teach young teens about the dangers of the road and educate them about how to be respectable and responsible to authority. Also if teens want to have a career in the police force then we will have a program for them as well.
Unlawful Shield
No one disputes the idea that police misconduct is wrong, but reasonable people do disagree about the scope of the problem and how it ought to be addressed. The purpose of this project is to gather reports of credible allegations of police misconduct so policymakers (and others) can make informed assessments of the nature and circumstances of police misconduct, and consider proposals that can minimize wrongdoing.
The FreeThoughtProject.com
It is the mission of the Free Thought Project to foster the creation and expansion of liberty minded solutions to modern day tyrannical oppression. We feel that the internet has given way to a revolution of consciousness by providing for the massive and instantaneous exchange of information across the globe.
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