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Don’t defund the police: reform them

20 June 2020

2:39 AM

20 June 2020

2:39 AM

‘Nothing works if public space is unsafe,’ says the respected urban sociologist Patrick Sharkey. The ‘Defund the Police’ initiative demands deep structural changes. But are incremental reforms more likely to deliver safe and lawful policing to those who need it most?

Reflecting on the prevalence of gun violence in many black communities, Sharkey

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