NATIONAL CHANGE - Police Reform

"How piecemeal police reform is setting the stage for national change" PBS NewsHour 5/23/2021

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SUMMARY:  The death of Ronald Greene, a Black man who died in Louisiana in 2019 after a police chase is under scrutiny after newly released police body camera footage shows he was choked and beaten by troopers -- a starkly different picture from what the police had shared.  Phillip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity, and professor of African-American studies and psychology at Yale University joins to discuss the issues on renewed calls for police reform.

MINNEAPOLIS - Fatal Police Shooting

"Fatal shooting by Minneapolis police prompts protests and questions about transparency" PBS NewsHour 12/31/2020

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SUMMARY:  Minneapolis police fatally shot a man during a traffic stop Wednesday night, the first killing by a member of the department since George Floyd's death in May, which spurred nationwide protests.  Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the suspect had fired on officers first.  Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.