The answer to police violence is not 'reform'. It's defunding. Here's why | Alex S Vitale
Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues – Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response
Every time protests erupt after yet another innocent black person is killed by police, “reform” is meekly offered as the solution. But what if drastically defunding the police – not reform – is the best way to stop unnecessary violence and death committed by law enforcement against communities of color?
Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed by a police officer who kneeled on his neck for over eight minutes, has tried reform already. Five years ago, the Minneapolis police department and procedural reform advocates in academia.
