JimMIA
There's more to life than mice...
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2005
One of the things that get lost in all the noise is positive changes which have come as a result of the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and George Lloyd in Minneapolis.
So I thought it might be good to list real, substantive, SYSTEMIC changes that have resulted from these events.
I'm not talking about the arrests of police officers and others responsible for these deaths -- those are simply byproducts of the crimes. I mean real changes to the way things operate -- NOT symbolic actions however important, but STRUCTURAL change.
Politicians and many other interested parties say all sorts of stuff in times like these, but I want to see what is actually being DONE.
I'll start with a few, and please feel free to add to the list.
So I thought it might be good to list real, substantive, SYSTEMIC changes that have resulted from these events.
I'm not talking about the arrests of police officers and others responsible for these deaths -- those are simply byproducts of the crimes. I mean real changes to the way things operate -- NOT symbolic actions however important, but STRUCTURAL change.
Politicians and many other interested parties say all sorts of stuff in times like these, but I want to see what is actually being DONE.
I'll start with a few, and please feel free to add to the list.
- In Georgia, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting a detailed investigation into the police department in Brunswick to try to identify and correct organizational problems. I don't know Georgia law, but in most states the state government has tools to mandate changes and even take over police departments where warranted.
- Also in Georgia, there are state investigations into whether several prosecutors involved in the Arbery case acted properly.
- In Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Police Department has prohibited the use of various types of choke holds by police.
- Also in MN, the state Attorney General has ordered a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department. I'm not sure if that move is entirely non-political, but we'll see.