In recent weeks, the White House has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening "community policing" around the country. The U.S. Conference of Mayors has coalesced around the same theme, releasing a report days ago with recommendations for community policing measures to be adopted nationally. The suggestions for [...]
"Every time you see me you want to harass me." The "Broken Windows" theory is not merely a theory but a policy that not only permits, but encourages "discretionary" arrests for "misdemeanors like subway misdemeanors like subway graffiti turnstile jumping or jaywalking. …" ""Broken [...]
Why John Roberts’ naiveté matters to anyone who cares about policing. By Cristian Farias | Originally Published at Slate. February 1, 2015 9:36 AM | Photographic Credit; illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photos by Shutterstock and via Reuters. In a little-noticed hearing last month, the Supreme Court considered [...]
These past few months, in particular, have seen the rise of vi(sce)ral hashtags: from #JeSuisCharlie and #JeSuisAhmed to #BlackLivesMatter and the infamous, whitewashed #AllLivesMatter. However, as time moves away from their inception, these hashtags begin to lose their original power, which is not a shocker. [...]
Can Chicago’s black and brown communities come together to elect a new mayor? By Salim Muwakkil | Originally Published at In These Times. January 29, 2015 | Photograph; Chuy Garcia with black religious leaders, marching for peace and justice in Chicago on Dec. 7, 2014. (Photo courtesy [...]
By Laurie Levy, M.Ed. | Originally Published at Chicago Now. January 26, 2015 at 6:40 am My 8-year-old granddaughter loves to act the role of teacher. As someone who was also an older sister to two little brothers, I totally empathize. But when she wrote, [...]
The only real solution to reducing violence is reducing inequality. By Andy Thayer | Originally Published at In These Times. January 23, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Erin Nekervis / Flickr [ For decades, every Chicago mayoral election has featured calls more for hiring more cops. Emanuel and [...]
By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published atThe New Orleans Tribune. January 22, 2015 | In August 2012, Recovery School District Superintendent Patrick Dobard gets off the school bus at James Weldon Johnson Elementary School in New Orleans. Since then, Johnson – which was one of the [...]
Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Photographic Credit; Juvenile Justice Life on the Island — Rikers. Five Corporations You've Never Heard of Are Making Millions From Mass Incarceration — It begins in our schools. You may have heard the word. Schools have become a Pipeline-To-Prison, or [...]
