These are all the places planning a police reform in the wake of George Floyd: by AndrewSolender
Protests against police violence have erupted around the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Floyd, a black Minneapolis resident, died in police custody in May after police officer Derek Chauvin
for nearly 9 minutes as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe.” The incident sparked outcry and anti-police sentiment nationwide, and renewed long standing calls for sweeping reforms of police departments.formed by Black Lives Matter activists Deray McKesson and Brittany Packnett, arguing that they don’t do enough to mitigate police violence.
. “American policing is failing. We need to divest from this system and invest in systems that work.”
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