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A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] including police brutality and other forms of violence. [10]
Civil rights activists and Smith's friends and family disputed the law enforcement accounts of the incident. Local organization Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference near the shooting site on June 4 to call for officials to release video footage and other details of the shooting.
Police brutality involves physical or psychological harm to a person and can involve beatings, killing, intimidation tactics, racist abuse, and torture. In the 2000s, the federal government attempted tracking the number of people killed in interactions with US police, but the program was defunded. [1]
Greenville resident Bill Gibson added the protest was more than drawing attention to police brutality; it also spread awareness on topics like mass incarceration and institutionalization of ...
Chicago’s Treatment Not Trauma policy could offer an exemplary case study for America—if city officials fully ... How to Really Stop Police Brutality. Raeghn Draper. June 17, 2024 at 10:37 AM ...
The report said the Justice Department looked into whether the police engaged in racial discrimination but at this time it made findings only as to excessive force.
In June, George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul broadened to issues of historic racism and police brutality, with events nearly every day. Protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion in Saint Paul on June 24 and called on him to reconvene the legislature in a special session to pass police reform measures.
Criminal justice reform seeks to address structural issues in criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass incarceration, and recidivism. Reforms can take place at any point where the criminal justice system intervenes in citizens’ lives, including lawmaking, policing, sentencing and ...