From WSJopinion: New York’s longest serving police commissioner on George Floyd, how the NYPD made racial progress, and good and bad reform proposals.
Wonder Land:"Systemic racism" is a systemic forgetting of 55 years of urban policy failure. Image: Scott Heins/Getty ImagesThe killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis led to an eruption of rage and demands to abolish or defund police forces. Ray Kelly speaks as bluntly as any activist about Floyd’s death. But he also has a veteran’s appreciation for the complexity of race, crime and public order.
Mr. Kelly, 78, is the longest-serving commissioner in the history of the New York City Police Department. He retired at the end of 2013, having run the NYPD for 12 years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and 16 months, starting in...
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