A national reckoning over police brutality in 2014 was not enough to stop the deaths, or to break the fear and anger that millions of Americans feel.
In July 2014, a black man suspected of a petty crime was pulled to the ground by New York City police and choked on the pavement as a witness videotaped him crying out, “I can’t breathe.”
But for all the change that has come as a result of that effort, it has not been enough to stop the deaths or disparate treatment, or to break the fear, repression and resentment that millions of Americans feel about the way they are treated by their police and their country. Protesters in dozens of cities, homebound for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, have taken to the streets to condemn the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. Businesses have been looted and burned. Police have opened fire with rubber bullets and tear gas. Scores of protesters and officers have been injured. A dozen states have activated their National Guards.The unrest and chaos is reminiscent of riots that convulsed the nation following the 1968 assassination of Dr.
Alexander served on President Barack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, formed in the wake of Brown’s and Garner’s deaths to recommend ways to improve trust between police and the public. Its final report, delivered in March 2015, made recommendations that were embraced by many police departments.
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