Tag: police violence

"This shouldn't be a moment, this should be a movement."

“If [police] violate those professional standards, then we will terminate them. If their conduct rises to the level where it’s criminal, [State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle] is going to prosecute you.”

“If this moment can be sustained through further conversations, I think there can be a breakthrough.”

“His conduct was reckless. It was reckless and in violation of the Fourth Amendment.”

“Now is not the time to think small or respond with superficial, bureaucratic proposals.”

“I commend Acting Prosecutor Mayer for acting swiftly to hold this police officer accountable for the appalling and completely unjustified use of force alleged in these criminal charges.”

“What we continue to see is police being called in as first responders to things that they should not be showing up for.”

Lawmakers across the country are proposing policy measures to cut or loosen ties to traditional policing.

Brooks' death added to the growing outrage over police violence toward people of color, particularly black Americans, that has fueled #DefundPolice demands and demonstrations across the U.S. and in other countries for nearly three weeks.

Today, even as ideas for police reform that barely surfaced in corporate media in the past are becoming part of the mainstream conversation, media continue to try to steer that conversation away from its radical edge.