police violence – Confluence Daily

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ultimately, it is important for police departments to address these issues head-on in order to ensure that all officers are held accountable for their actions and that the communities they serve are treated with respect and dignity. By taking steps such as increasing diversity within the department, providing better training on implicit bias, and creating a culture of accountability, police departments can help reduce the number of use-of-force crimes committed by black officers against black community members.

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March 11, 2018 Confluence

How the State with the Most Regressive Police Accountability Laws in the Country Paved the Way for Nation-wide Police Reform

Reading Time: 10 minutes Heroes come in unexpected forms. This group of unexpected heroes did something that had never been done before. They put police accountability laws in the hands of the people and won. They laid down a map for other states to do the same.

Nothing will bring their families back. However, they took their power back and empowered not just the people of Washington State, but the entire nation in the process.