Note: This article was originally written in November 2023. The first draft of this essay was really dark. Which makes sense, because what is happening is beyond words. The tragedy is beyond what, I think, humanity is supposed to bear. And while it's not happening to me, like all of you, I feel it. The… Continue reading On Israel and Gaza
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Alternatives to Traditional Policing
Police exist to protect and serve the public. To defend and to ensure the safety of individuals and of communities. To stop and prevent crime. But in the wake of national, consecutive #BlackLivesMatter protests and continuous instances of unarmed Black people being shot by the police, serious debates about the nature of policing are now mainstream.
POLICING DISABILITY
Garrison Redd was trying to catch the bus. He likes to travel around the U.S. to explore what’s outside his native New York. He waited at the stop in Kissimmee, Florida. And the bus finally came. But the driver refused to let him on and wouldn’t lower the ramp. Garrison asked the driver why repeatedly. But no… Continue reading POLICING DISABILITY
USE OF FORCE
Use of force is also generally defined as a spectrum of different types of responses to a situation, a continuum. Police officers are expected to respond to a situation with the level of appropriateness that matches what is unfolding in front of them.