Posts tagged center for policing and social justice
Why don't we cut NYPD's $5.9 billion budget? (From the Archive)

Honestly, I think we know by now that it’ll take a combination of things to move forward from this. I’ve been trying to figure out a proper response to George Floyd’s murder - and the subsequent violence against more Black people - while even more Black people die from COVID-19 - and emotionally, I’m spent.

The most I can put my mind to right now is spotlighting community-based solutions that I learn about through my work. One of these, is something that directly relates to every New Yorker RIGHT NOW.

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Why don't we cut NYPD's $5.9 billion budget?

Honestly, I think we know by now that it’ll take a combination of things to move forward from this. I’ve been trying to figure out a proper response to George Floyd’s murder - and the subsequent violence against more Black people - while even more Black people die from COVID-19 - and emotionally, I’m spent.

The most I can put my mind to right now is spotlighting community-based solutions that I learn about through my work. One of these, is something that directly relates to every New Yorker RIGHT NOW.

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Gang Database | Pt 5 | The Immaculate Re-Conception of Kraig Lewis

Gang Database | Pt 5 | The Immaculate Re-Conception of Kraig Lewis

He was a semester away from finishing grad school, with law school lined up next. Then, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara signed off on the largest mass arrest in New York City’s history. And that mass arrest didn’t just sweep up his neighbors… Thus began “The Immaculate Re-Conception of Kraig Lewis.”

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Gang Database Pt 4: Are the Kids Alright?

In this fourth installment of the #GangDatabase series, we talk to Marnie Lenox & Afrika Owes about the constitutional and ethical issues surrounding NYPD's use of a gang database.

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