Sentences with phrase «about police reform»
The candidates fielded questions about police reform, public housing, the New York City Housing Authority lead paint scandal, and increasing the number of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses and enterprises.
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Show Me Democracy tells the story of seven St. Louis college students who are battling injustice, raising awareness about police brutality and fighting for real reform in their community and within the local education system.
«We've been thinking about reaching out to her,» said Bob Gangi, a police reform activist who is running a long - shot campaign for mayor.
Police reform advocates expressed immediate displeasure with the compromise and budget watchdogs shared concern about the choice's fiscal ramifications.
«These discussions and demonstrations are part of an unprecedented nationwide conversation about reform of police practices and the American criminal justice system.»
The councilmember from the 8th Council District, which includes part of the south Bronx, will talk with host Gary Axelbank about a range of crime and policing issues, including the notion of decriminalizing low - level crimes, policing reforms, and the request for 1,000 more cops, as well as Bronx developments, including the Harlem River waterfront, Jerome Avenue Study, FreshDirect relocation subsidies, and housing.
We're about to give you a change of address come next election day,» said Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional director of the National Action Network and a critic of what he sees as the slow pace of reform at the Police Department.
While police reform advocates were cautiously optimistic about the change, others worried how the new policy would effect crime and law enforcement in the city.
And Monifa Bandele, spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform, expressed concerns about the fact that Danner is the seventh New Yorker considered emotionally disturbed to die in the NYPD's hands either due to use of force or in police custody during the current administrPolice Reform, expressed concerns about the fact that Danner is the seventh New Yorker considered emotionally disturbed to die in the NYPD's hands either due to use of force or in police custody during the current administrpolice custody during the current administration.
«I am most concerned about making sure the reforms promised to this city are real and lasting, and that our commitment to a diverse police leadership is unflinching.»
Our Conservative colleagues are happy with constitutional reform so long as it is about police commissioners, redrawing constituency boundaries, referendums for mayors, or voter registration.
«Neither training nor announcements about neighborhood policing will stop an officer who feels comfortable abusing or brutalizing a civilian from continuing to do so,» said Priscilla Gonzalez of Communities United for Police Reform.
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«Never before has the CCRB been so active and so successful, giving New Yorkers the confidence that there was an effective police oversight system in place, and so what is really needed is for the reforms that he brought about to continue,» Dadey said.
Still, some African - American leaders have expressed frustration with Mr. de Blasio for not bringing about criminal justice reform quickly enough while endorsing the «broken windows» style of policing that critics say singles out low - income minorities.
Mark - Viverito made the declaration at City Hall today, while pushing back on questions from reporters about a package of controversial police reform bills that have gotten bottled up in committee.
She thinks she added to talk about the need for increased policing and ethics reform.
The devices, about the size of a pager, have been a centerpiece of police - reform proposals since a Ferguson, Mo., police officer shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown last summer, an event marked by conflicting accounts from bystanders.
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The Ministry of Justice is firmly in This - Is - Fine - Dog - meme - mode, and is pressing ahead with its plans to (a) further «reform» criminal legal aid (by shuffling the deckchairs in such a way as to amount, in some complex cases, to a 40 % cut); and (b) do absolutely nothing about the chronic underfunding of the courts, Crown Prosecution Service, police, Probation, prisons and many other decaying limbs of the criminal justice system.
Cuomo's office pointed to other criminal justice reforms he's enacted, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and naming the attorney general as a special prosecutor for police - related deaths, arguing he's long cared about the issue.
My point was that these reforms came about because the courts, specifically the Warren Court, forced the police to institute better procedures with judicial oversight.