SAN DIEGO —
For weeks after the death of George Floyd, protests across the country highlighting racial injustice and bias in policing were near daily. Hundreds and occasionally thousands of people marched San Diego’s streets last summer, demanding reform.
Change did come. Across San Diego, the heads of local law enforcement agencies agreed to a long-sought ban on using the carotid restraint, or sleeper hold, and it soon became state law. Some change came through the ballot box, like the voter-approved creation of an independent commission on police practices in San Diego.
But are they they right changes? Do they address the systemic disparities that have been highlighted by people who have long pushed for reforms? Some of them don’t think so.