Following are my extremely rough, admittedly incomplete notes on tonight’s meeting of the Ypsilanti Police-Community Relations / Black Lives Matter Joint Task Force. If you were also in the audience, and have something to add, please leave a comment. And, of course, feel free to weigh in on whatever you read below. As you’ll soon […]
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Members of the Ypsilanti community talk with city officials about living in fear of the police and how we can work together to make things better
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anger, Anne Brown, Anthony Morgan, black lives matter, body cameras, cell phones, Crisis Intervention Team, cultural awareness, Dan Vogt, de-escalation, Eastern Washtenaw Safety Alliance, Emmett Till, Heritage Fest, implicit bias, Jerry Clayton, mental health, mental illness, Nicole Brown, over policing, police violence, prison industrial complex, racism, sentencing disparities, subject control, Tony DeGiusti, use of force, Water Street, Water Street debt reduction millage, Ypsilanti police department 95 Comments
The Ypsilanti Police-Community Relations / Black Lives Matter Joint Task Force meets tonight
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. […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Alton Sterling, black lives matter, Philando Castile, racism, Ypsilanti police department 15 Comments