Contemporary Policing

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  Jack Wagstaff

  

  Calls are growing to defund police in the US. Here are some lessons from overseas

  CNN

  London CNN — “Defund the police!” has become a common chant of US activists protesting the death of George Floyd. The calls have multiplied as other instances of police violence against African-Americans have come to light. But what it means depends on who you ask. Some activist groups want entire …

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  Jack Wagstaff

  

  Durham City Council makes $1M “down payment” toward policing alternatives

  newsobserver.com - By Virginia Bridges

  The Durham City Council voted 4-2 Monday night to earmark $1 million for alternatives to policing and took three other actions some called first …

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  Jack Wagstaff

  

  The First Step Is Figuring Out What Police Are For

  The Atlantic - By Tracey L. Meares and Tom R. Tyler

  For reform to succeed, American communities need to have a conversation about what the purpose of police is, and think hard about what jobs could be better handled by other institutions. It is sadly ironic that the United States, which claims to be devoted to democratic governance through the rule …

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  Jack Wagstaff

  

  Guest Post: Repairing the fractured foundations of the police

  The Washington Post - Tom Jackman

  The question is on everyone’s minds as America convulses over the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests over police violence: How do we fix this? Here, Daniel Nagin, widely honored criminologist at Carnegie Mellon University, and Cynthia Lum, director of the Center for Evidence-Based …

• https://abc11.com/minneapolis-council-majority-backs-disbanding-police-force/6236554/

  

  Jack Wagstaff

  Jun 8, 2020

• https://www.wunc.org/post/raleigh-and-durham-protests-play-out-stark-contrast

  

  Jack Wagstaff

  Jun 5, 2020