The American death penalty is so inherently flawed that it is incapable of achieving basic standards of justice by its own rules
Public Safety
We can improve public safety, reduce crime, and improve opportunities in disadvantaged communities with smarter policing and a fairer criminal justice system. We must overcome resistance from vested interests within police unions to holding unethical officers accountable for their actions.
All Public Safety
Survey results showed significant growth in support for increased funding for local police departments
Charles Fain Lehman's argument doesn't confront the actual literature discussing legitimacy, instead focusing on the politics of it
States and localities should push ahead with their own reforms to curb police abuses in their communities
The claim is mostly speculation with a heavy dose of confirmation bias
This awful episode in American policing and criminal justice is emblematic of why our current national situation is untenable
The more unnecessary stops a police department makes, the more likely tragedies like these killings happen
We don’t have to choose between defunding the police and accepting the status quo.