Crime in the US is once again falling. Can we rethink policing? | Simon Balto
The way we approach public safety is nonsensical – crime ebbs and flows, yet spending on law enforcement only ever goes up
Source: theguardian.com
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In Bridgeport, Past and Present Live Side by Side – South Side Weekly
Sightings of armed vigilantism highlight the neighborhood’s history and prompt questions about safety.
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Brandon Johnson once said it was a 'political goal' to defund police. He's been less precise running for mayor. – Chicago Tribune
The mayoral candidate championed by many progressives has sounded less strident on the issue of defunding the police on the campaign trail.
Source: chicagotribune.com
The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration | Simon Balto
The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change
Source: theguardian.com
'Riotsville, U.S.A.' shows how anti-protest oppression came to town
The documentary "Riotsville U.S.A." screens at 7 tonight at MMoCA and Feb. 8 at Union South Marquee Theatre.
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<p>&quot;Americans need to understand that what the terrorists at the Capitol did that day wasn&rsquo;t the anomaly people think it was within the long history of the United States.&quot;</p>
Source: historynewsnetwork.org
Writers in The Guardian, NBC, others trash plans to increase police presence following New York subway attack
Multiple liberal outlets and columnists blasted New York City Mayor Eric Adams' plans to increase the presence of police within the subway system following the mass shooting at a Brooklyn station this month.
Source: foxnews.com
No, more police won't make New Yorkers – or anyone else – safer. It never does | Simon Balto
After the subway shooting last week, New York City mayor Eric Adams declared he will deploy more police to the subway. But that’s the last thing that will help
Source: theguardian.com
Chicago Police: A History of Violence and Racism
Why does the Chicago Police Department protect its most dangerous cops and retaliate against officers who tell the truth?
Source: rollingstone.com
Were Joe Biden's first 100 days in office a success? Our panel's verdict | Simon Balto , Moira Donegan, Jill Filipovic, Geoffrey Kabaservice and Bhaskar Sunkara
The results of Bidenâs presidency elsewhere are, so far, significantly more mixed. Rolling back some Trump-era immigration restrictions is a good thing, but maintaining Trumpâs catastrophically inhumane limits on the entry-access to the US of refugees and asylum â seekers isnât magically more humane just because Biden isnât Trump. On matters of racial justice, in particular surrounding the policing crisis, Biden seems more or less satisfied to return to the timidly libe...
Source: theguardian.com