Sometimes, there are legitimate reasons for distrust between black communities and law enforcement.
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
We still need to come to terms with the lasting economic consequences of slavery and segregation.
To date, the courts have been far too willing to accept specious explanations for discriminatory behavior and practices.
Free enterprise has many virtues, but we can’t ignore that early American markets were interwoven with a race-based slave economy.