Last year, in response to high profile instances of police violence against people of color across the country, and the corresponding rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, our City Council established a task force to explore ways in which the Ypsilanti Police Department might evolve to better serve all the members of our community. […]
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The Ypsilanti Police-Community Relations / Black Lives Matter Joint Task Force meets tonight
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged black lives matter, Citizen Review Board, Philando Castile, racism, Ypsilanti police department 15 Comments
This is about more than just racist cops
I’d been working on something about the killings of Alton Sterling and Philander Castile. My premise was pretty simple… While it’s certainly appropriate to focus our anger at the police, I was going to suggest, we can’t lose site of the fact that there are larger forces at play. We can’t just blame the police […]
Posted in Civil Liberties Also tagged black lives matter, Obama, Philando Castile, police violence 23 Comments