#8cantwait - Eight policies for cities to adopt regarding policing - This is a call for action!

[mysteryowl]

www.8cantwait.org

This is a call to action!

Demand that your local city or town enact these eight reforms. Campaign ZERO, a data-informed platform to end police violence, has identified eight policies that can decrease police violence by 72%. Learn more about these policies on their #8CantWait website and demand that your city or town implement them.

I just got off the phone with my mayor and these 8-actions will be part of the policing reform meeting at this week's council meeting.
It is being included because I brought it up. I can be that easy!

The energy is here for change. We must take advantage of the time we are in and contact our policy makers.

[qwlauren35]

1. Well done.

This might be one of those Malcolm (Defund the Police) vs. Martin (8cantwait) principles in effect.

Change is good. No change is VERY bad.

[qwlauren35]

2. BTW

Your "link" is not showing up as a link. Add "http://"

[mysteryowl]

3. Fixed

[qwlauren35]

4. I looked at the reforms.

As an advocate of defunding the police, I don't see these "policies" creating change. There will still be officers who do these things, and there will still be other officers who protect them.

I believe that police departments need to be smaller, much smaller, and the money from the police department budget would be spent on first responders who know how to defuse situations without violence.

Police are taught to use violence. For hours and hours of training - violence. To think that a few hours of new training, or some policies are going to create change. NO.

Even after George Floyd was murdered. Even after waves of protests, there are still cops who are assaulting black people. I'm not just talking about the taser shooting in Atlanta. It's all over the country. Cops are taught to resort to violence.

Cops who do not know how to respond except with violence need to be fired, and the police department needs to learn to make do without them.

[mysteryowl]

5. My city is a suburb of a large city...

our suburb population is 30,000 with 49 licensed police. There has been ZERO over-site of the police department by the city council. The reform for my city will include every 6-month over-site review by the council. The council cannot just de-fund the police department unless they know there are major issues. The city of Minneapolis is calling for de-funding, because they KNOW the issues with their policing and it is long standing.

Not all police departments can just move into de-funding without proven reasons. So, instituting over-site and policies such as "8 can't wait" are good actions to take.

[qwlauren35]

7. OK

That makes sense.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Good for you for getting involved! Are you going to go to the meeting, or is it streamable?

At the same time, know that many departments already follow many of these policies. They may increase penalties for noncompliance or add a policy here or there, but 8cantwait is a reform-minded police-preservation approach that is unlikely to result in real change.

For those who want to push farther, check out https://www.8toabolition.com/