– which presents five collaborations across the Americas that blend political activism, street theater, sculpture and arts education – with a digital tour, artist talk and virtual 3D walk-through. Though currently closed to off-campus visitors, Tulanians can visit the museum Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Continuing the tradition of creating unique ways to connect with the show safely at home, the museum has lined up a variety of free programs for the spring and invites all visitors to mark their calendars for new ways to engage with
Transcommunality.
, revisit Newcomb’s fall program
Been Here, which features an audio conversation with Mia X and Melissa A. Weber on hip hop and New Orleans music. Releasing Feb. 10 on the museum’s website, Facebook and newsletter, visitors can watch a video recording of this engaging exchange and learn why certain stories are included in those histories and why some stories get overlooked.
Akron City Council’s police reform committee calls for increased accountability, transparency
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Akron City Council s Reimagining Public Safety Committee on Monday released its report of recommendations for improving the police department and its relationship with the community.
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AKRON, Ohio – City Council on Monday unanimously approved a 22-page report of recommendations to improve the Akron Police Department and how officers interact with the community.
The recommendations include giving more resources to the city’s sole independent police auditor by adding two more staff positions to the office that handles investigations, having no age limit for new police cadets and allowing for greater public access to police records.
ITHACA, NY Mayor Svante Myrick released a lengthy report detailing the review and findings of the incident on Oct. 22 that saw three protesters arrested and Ithaca police officers using pepper spray to disperse a crowd of demonstrators.
The report used the information captured on officersâ body cameras, as well as footage captured on cameras around and inside IPD headquarters, however those are without sound. Myrick said that the video footage was submitted to the Community Police Board so that they could decide whether Deputy Chief Vincent Monticello âescalated the situationâ and if there was âracial bias in the arrestâ of Massia White Saunders, a Black protester, on Meadow Street that afternoon.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP)
The man rocked side-to-side as he muttered incoherently with a knife in his hand. Every few minutes he looked up and grunted at the police officer in the doorway talking with him.
After the sixth time the officer told him to put down his knife, the man suddenly raised it and stepped toward the officer, who was about 12 feet away. The officer fired, killing him.
At that point in the story, Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Keven Selverian stopped. He had questions for those listening to the real-life incident.
Was the officer justified in using deadly force under those circumstances?