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Police Unions Are One of the Biggest Obstacles to Transforming Policing

Jill McCorkel, Villanova University Protesters and community organizers are increasingly calling for defunding and disbanding the police as a way to end police violence. Advocates argue that moderate reforms like enhanced training and greater community oversight have failed to curb police violence and misconduct. But there’s a major, and usually insurmountable, obstacle to reform: police…

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Four Policing Reforms We Need Right Now

People are angry, frustrated and tired. The injustices we’ve witnessed over the last several days are likely the culmination of years, even decades of abuses of power going unaddressed. That needs to change now. Instead of rioting, looting, and brutalizing protestors, we need to embrace solutions that are reasonable and just. And, we need to…