Police reforms stall around the country, despite new wave of activism

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Racial justice activists convulsed the country this summer with their protests against police brutality. But as the season shifts to fall, they don’t have much to show for it in terms of major policy change

.for shooting and killing Breonna Taylor

Shortly after a video of Floyd being choked under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer began circulating online, protesters across the country poured into the streets to rally against police brutality.

Criminal justice organizer Scott Roberts also pointed the finger at the unions. “They, to my knowledge, haven’t seen a reform yet that they like,” said Roberts, senior director of criminal justice campaigns at Color of Change, a civil rights advocacy group that pushed for murder charges against the officer that shot and killed Breonna Taylor. “The police unions aren’t really a group that’s going to come to the table and say, ‘Hey, let’s compromise.’ They’re real hard-liners.

Bicking said Minnesota police unions were a factor in halting more ambitious policy change. “They have a lot of influence at the legislature,” Bicking said. “We also have a number of legislators in influential positions, committee chairs, who are themselves police officers or were police officers. Because the legislature is part-time, we even have a current police officer serving in the legislature.

State Sen. Steve Bradford of Los Angeles County, who authored the bill, said that in spite of a vocal outpouring of support for police reform from lawmakers, the possible political ramifications of voting against law enforcement proved to be a barrier for many.

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They should try not looting, not setting things on fire, not harassing innocent people, not attacking civilians or police, and not murdering people. It tends to make America think you’re not the good guys.

Tell that to the group of BlackLivesMatter protesters who just got the city of New Port Richey to make their officers wear body cams. Progress is a slow process!

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