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No Trust Between Police and Communities They Patrol

Loaded on June 15, 2020 by Kevin Bliss published in Criminal Legal News July, 2020, page 47
Filed under: Police/Govt Misconduct. Location: New York.

by Kevin Bliss

The $14 billion invested in police equipment and community policing in the U.S. has not helped instill trust and camaraderie between the police and black communities, says writer and activist Philip McHarris, in an article published in The Appeal.

In fact, it only offers more opportunity ...

 

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