Greater LA
How to change US policing after Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction?
Many people in LA and across the nation have long called for significant changes to policing and public safety. But that can mean different things to different people.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenMany people in LA and across the nation have long called for significant changes to policing and public safety. But that can mean different things to different people. Greater LA hears from Black Lives Matter-LA co-founder Melina Abdullah and LA civil rights attorney Connie Rice about their perspectives after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd.
In this episode
2 storiesMelina Abdullah on ‘semblance of justice’ for George Floyd and what actually makes communities safe
"Even as we were collectively exhaling, we know that Ma’Khia Bryant was murdered by police in Columbus, Ohio. And so until the system is completely transformed, completely reimagined, this will only be a step and not the victory," says Melina Abdullah.
Read the story11 minUS policing system is grounded in slavery, says Connie Rice. How to upend it?
“The purpose of American policing is to control and to contain populations of people who are not meant to be in the society," says LA civil rights lawyer Connie Rice.
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