RELEASE: New CAP Issue Brief Underscores How To Address Concerns About Data on Deaths in Police Custody
Date: May 24, 2021
Phone: 202.481.8145
Washington, D.C. Data on deaths in custody are crucial for holding law enforcement and correctional facilities across the country accountable. The absence of accurate and complete information on the number of people who die in custody and the nature of such deaths stifles policymakers’ ability to examine the underlying causes, let alone determine what can be done to lower the incidence. Congress and state legislatures should take the initiative to ensure the dependability of forthcoming data on deaths in custody, according to a new issue brief released by the Center for American Progress.
How To Address Concerns About Data on Deaths in Custody
Congress and States Can Take a Critical First Step Toward Police Accountability
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One year ago, George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police as the world watched, spurring a blistering call for police accountability in the United States. Floyd is one among the countless Black Americans and other people of color killed by law enforcement: Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Amadou Diallo, Botham Jean, Alton Sterling, Daniel Prude, Philando Castile, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Atatiana Jefferson, Stephon Clark, and too many others. In the year since Floyd’s death, the list has grown longer still with the deaths of Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks, Daunte Wright, Ma’Khia Bryant, Adam Toledo, Andrew Brown, and, again, too many others.
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OPINION: Florida is safe. Don t ruin it by releasing felons early Grady Judd
Florida’s crime rate is at a historic 49-year low. We are safer now than we have been since we started tracking crime rates in Florida in 1971. That means that the laws on the books, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and prisons – to name a few – have helped make our state safer.
But the anti-cop, pro-prison reform crowd are anxious to release thousands of felons into our neighborhoods. That’s their number one goal. They say it will save taxpayers money, reduce recidivism and lower crime. They call it “reform.” I call it one of the biggest false narratives being promoted today. In truth, the so-called reforms will make us less safe, create more victims and increase crime.