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Analysis: For Blacks and Latinos, a Police Officer’s Indictment Isn’t Enough
... The idea of penalizing minor crimes, supposedly to prevent more serious ones, is known as the “broken windows” theory of policing. It is, in part, what led Liang and his partner to that darkened stairwell in Brooklyn—and, ultimately, part of a strategy of flooding poor black communities with rookie officers.
Liang may or may not be convicted in Gurley’s death, but this much is clear: Deadly police policies are the real culprit. True accountability lies in institutional change of the NYPD—ending broken windows policing and engaging with local communities through foot patrols. So often, residents encounter police only during arrests. It would also help to stop flooding working-class black and Latino communities with novice police officers. The bottom line: The NYPD must serve residents, not kill them ...
http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-why-york-police-officers-indictment-isnt-enough-185424732.html
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Analysis: For Blacks and Latinos, a Police Officer’s Indictment Isn’t Enough
... The idea of penalizing minor crimes, supposedly to prevent more serious ones, is known as the “broken windows” theory of policing. It is, in part, what led Liang and his partner to that darkened stairwell in Brooklyn—and, ultimately, part of a strategy of flooding poor black communities with rookie officers.
Liang may or may not be convicted in Gurley’s death, but this much is clear: Deadly police policies are the real culprit. True accountability lies in institutional change of the NYPD—ending broken windows policing and engaging with local communities through foot patrols. So often, residents encounter police only during arrests. It would also help to stop flooding working-class black and Latino communities with novice police officers. The bottom line: The NYPD must serve residents, not kill them ...
http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-why-york-police-officers-indictment-isnt-enough-185424732.html
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