Change Policy

There are many policy solutions that are needed. A few consist of:

 

DEMILITARIZE THE POLICE

The 1033 Program should be ended. This allows the Department of Defense to give state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies military weapons.

BAN THE CHOCKEHOLD 

Having the option to choke someone, in which cutting off one's airflow should be banned. This has fatal results that can often be avoidable. 

Protect Black Women

Compared to white women, police are 3 times more likely to arrest black women during a traffic stop, and 3 times more likely to use force.

Source: Prison Policy Initiative

END BROKEN WINDOW POLICING

This is a theory, in which officers enforce small crimes vigorously in hopes of keeping people from breaking bigger laws. However, treating petty crimes in such an egregious manner often leads to death of black people.