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Inevitable we re going to have this. why isn t that what police reform is about? well, because we have oversold what policing really is. it goes back to the kansas city study in the 1960s. there s this belief that response time has some correlation to reduction in crime. once someone dials 911, the crime has already happened. so how fast you get there doesn t reduce crime. so we have to have a much more intelligence conversation. we have to stop allowing the tough on crime folks to continue to dominate the conversation. because it s a ruse, and it s not getting to the root causes, which is homelessness, which goes to disenfranchisement. someone hungry trying to eat, and we re criminalizing being poor, which is what s happening. and there are two levels of police service. one for the affluent, and one for the marginalized. ....
On the first day of Black History Month this week, there were a string of bomb threats made targeting historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S. ....
Really important investigation by the africa i investigation team. if you want a longer version of that there is a 50 minute version on the africa section of the bbc website. 15 minute version. let s look at some of the day s other news. iran has demanded that all sanctions be lifted in a verifiable process as talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal resumed in vienna for the first time in five months. a statement by the iranian foreign minister said the us failed to understand that there was no way to return to the agreement without the removal of all sanctions. 30 endangered southern white rhinos have been flown from south africa to rwanda in a jumbojet in possibly the largest single transfer of the species ever undertaken. it s hoped the rhinos, which can weight up to two tonnes, will be safer in rwanda than south africa, where poachers kill an average of three a day. 60 customers and staff have finally emerged after three nights marooned in britain s highest pub. ....
LONDON, England, Oct. 9 The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and Fair By Design issued a 36- page report in September 2021 entitled "The Hidden Risks of Being Poor: The Poverty Premium in Insurance." Foreword by Liz Barclay, Chair, Fair By Design Steering Group. 8. Foreword by David Heath, Chair of the IFoA Policy Advisory Group. 10. ....
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