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A coalition of social justice organizations rallied Tuesday in Hartford to call for lawmakers to phase out police officers in schools in favor of counselors, the decriminalization of child truancy and transparency for police-led interactions in schools.
Simmons, Bausby and linebacker Alexander Johnson all appear in the ad wearing "People. Not Prisons." shirts. The teammates, along with returner Diontae Spencer, have been pushing Polis over the past month to safely decarcerate prisons as a way to get people out of harm's way during the pandemic. On December 21, the four players met with Polis over Zoom and encouraged him to use his clemency powers to release as many inmates as possible. Two days later, however, Polis commuted the sentences of just four individuals. "It just was very disheartening and very disappointing," Simmons told Westwor...