Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020
10 January 2021
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10 January 2021
Newark Police officers did not fire a single shot during the calendar year 2020, and the city didn’t pay a single dime to settle police brutality cases. That’s never happened, at least in the city’s modern history. At the same time, crime is dropping, and police recovered almost 500 illegal guns from the street during the year. “This is significant,” says Aqeela Sherills, head of the Newark Community Street Team, a group of mostly former offenders who work to defuse violence in the city’s most violent wards. “It speaks to how reform has really taken hold in the city.” Larry ...
Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020 | Moran
It's not about de-funding police. The task is to teach cops to do better, and watch them to make sure.
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