On Your Mark, Get Ready, Get Set, Let’s Go: The Great Race to Reform Our Policing Policies
06/21/20 • 27 min
In this episode, we discuss the phrase “defunding the police” and review the official police reform proposals from both the Democratic and Republican parties including information from Trump’s executive order and recommendations from Joe Biden. We also highlight the viewpoints of several other politicians and review the commentary from national organizations such as the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. We close this episode by discussing the importance of voting on both the local and National level in order to maximize our voice particularly from a police reform perspective.
In this episode, we discuss the phrase “defunding the police” and review the official police reform proposals from both the Democratic and Republican parties including information from Trump’s executive order and recommendations from Joe Biden. We also highlight the viewpoints of several other politicians and review the commentary from national organizations such as the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. We close this episode by discussing the importance of voting on both the local and National level in order to maximize our voice particularly from a police reform perspective.
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