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Nearly a year after George Floyd's death, Boston area communities are reexamining policing


Nearly a year after George Floyd’s death, Boston area communities are reexamining policing
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated April 16, 2021, 2 hours ago
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A large crowd marched down Washington Street in Newton last June, protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Jim Davis/Globe Staff
Nearly a year after George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, proposals to overhaul local law enforcement and root out systemic racism are making headway in several Greater Boston communities.
In Brookline, a passionate debate over how to rethink policing led the Select Board to form two panels — one a “reforms” committee, the other a task force to “reimagine” policing. Each has developed its own set of recommended changes for the town’s police department. ....

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