No police traffic stops? College professor suggests they should be a thing of the past
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Updated: 3:44 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021
Emma Claybrook
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Updated: 3:44 PM EDT Apr 26, 2021
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the prevailing emotion that many people throughout black America myself included felt when we heard the verdict of the jury announced was released because in far too many cases, when a police officer has clearly crossed the line brutalised an unarmed african american civilians and in many instances cause death, there has been no accountability. Well, I was relieved, like so many people watching across the country. Uh but to be clear, this is not about one officer or one police department, this is about a system in the police uh law enforcement where we need to have greater accountability and that's why we are calling on the Senate to take up and pass the George Floyd justice in policing act so that we can create national standards for uh the use of force for eliminating chokeholds, for eliminating the no knock warrant for establishing a national registry so that the bad uh actors and law enforcement aren't able to move from department to department and so that those good enforcement officers can do their job with competence from and with the community. Today, when we saw policemen after policemen come and testify against derek chauvin, I think that put us in the right direction, that they understand you have nothing to worry about as a police officer with the George, Floyd, justice and police back unless you're bad police officers.