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Birmingham 2021: Year in Review
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By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Monday announced the formation of the cityâs first Civilian Review Board.Â
The review board, which came in response to recommendations from the Cityâs Public Safety Task Force, comes one year after widespread outrage at the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minnesota police officer kneeled on Floydâs neck for nearly 10 minutes. A jury is now deliberating the fate of that officer, Derrick Chauvin.
During his press conference on Monday, Woodfin noted the deaths of Floyd and other Black men and women killed by police including Birminghamâs Bonita Carter in 1979.Â
KINGSTON, N.Y. â City Re-envision Public Safety Task Force members have recommended that city police not be used as contracted school resource officers unless written assurance is provided that there is no role in how students are disciplined.
The recommendation was discussed during a video conference meeting Wednesday, with task force member Amy Shapiro saying there is the belief that police are too involved with students.
âOur black and brown students are disciplined in the Kingston schools disproportionately,â she said.
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âWhile black students represent only 15 percent of the population in the Kingston city schools, they represent 32 percent of in-school suspensions, 36 percent of out-of-school suspensions, and 56 percent of expulsions,â Shapiro said. âA major criticism of SROs is they often become involved in routine student discipline.âÂ