Ed Krayewski on Four Reforms That Matter for Police Brutality

The problem of police brutality, though often
shaped and directed by racism and class distinctions, also
cuts across American society. It’s not just a problem in Ferguson,
where Brown was shot and killed on Saturday, August 9th, or in Los
Angeles, where Ezell Ford was shot and killed on Monday, August
11th, or San Jose, where Diana Showman was shot and killed on
Thursday, August 14th, or in Ohio where John Crawford was shot and
killed Tuesday, August 5th.

While police work will always include the possibility of
justifiable homicide by cops (short of an absolute prohibition),
there are policy reforms at the local, state, and national level
that can help create a system of accountability. Reforms can limit
the kinds of engagements police are permitted, ordered, and even
required to have with the public, writed Ed Krayewski. They will
require a longer attention span than any one police brutality
story—no matter how awful—can maintain, but with a focus on the
right issues, reforming policing is possible.

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