We cannot change the hearts of our police officers until we change the make-up of our country’s police departments.
Public policy will continue to underrepresent and disregard the injustices facing black people until we change the makeup of our legislatures.
With regards to policing, justice looks like ensuring implicit bias training for all law enforcement, requiring that the make-up of the police force is reflective of the community and creating incentives for police officers to live in the communities they police through tax credits and low interest loan programs.
It takes seven years of education to become a lawyer in this country but roughly a year to become a police officer.
But something must change in the hearts of people like the officer who killed George Floyd earlier this week and those that remain neutral during times like these.
