A most insightful and well-done interview by PBS last month on police use of deadly force.
“After police in Sacramento shot and killed Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s yard, California lawmakers proposed legislation that only allows police to shoot people if there are no other reasonable options. But as Newshour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports, law enforcement officers are already trained to prepare for and de-escalate tense situations..”
View the video interview and transcript HERE.
And PBS continues this important topic (and one that needs continual police-public engagement)…
“While police departments across the country address reform, community groups in cities like Chicago and New York are also teaching people about alternatives to 9-1-1 for crises that can be exacerbated by police presence. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano talked to author Alex Vitale of “End of Policing,” about the country’s reliance on law enforcement to solve complicated social issues…”
See this PBS follow-up piece, “Has Policing in America Gone too Far?” HERE in which Alex Vitale talks about his new book, “End of Policing.”
from Improving Police https://ift.tt/2IkIaCd
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