The year following George Floyd’s murder unearthed a lot of pain. That much is plain. And while we harbor no naïve illusions that reimagining how we deliver true public safety will be easy or quickly accomplished, I believe the year provided victories to fuel the long fight ahead.
The crime against Mr. Floyd sharpened public focus on a policing system infected with violence, which has devalued and destroyed Black lives, and has imposed its heavy hand on millions of people of all races and ethnicities (10.5 million people are arrested every year in the United States). There is widespread commitment […]
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