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Mayor Turner, We Need Action on Police Reform, Not More Study
This piece was originally published in the Houston Chronicle.
By Tarsha Jackson, Terri Burke
Progress Report: Houston Police Reform
In 2016 and 2017, Mayor Sylvester Turner commissioned two major reports that address police reform. The Mayor’s Transition Committee on Criminal Justice was composed of 26 community leaders, elected officials, academics, and criminal justice reform advocates. It made eight recommendations for reform in March 2016.
By Nick Hudson
El Paso City Council: Keep the Police Department Accountable
On June 8, ACLU of Texas policy and advocacy strategist, Adri Perez, testified before the El Paso City Council to call on its members and the mayor to take meaningful action in holding the El Paso Police Department accountable. Below is a transcript of the testimony Adri gave before the council.
By Adri Perez
Reimagining the Role of Police
Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director
Over
By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
Police Use of Force at a Time of Peaceful Protest
On May 31, less than one week after the murder of George Floyd, who grew up in Texas and was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in broad daylight, the Dallas Police Department’s (DPD) Twitter feed blandly reported “76 individuals arrested and jailed and approximately 45 to 60 more being processed to go to jail.”
By Marissa Ocampo, Selene Escalera
The Texas We Deserve is Bigger than Carry-out Cocktails
This piece was originally published in the Austin-American Statesman.
By Terri Burke
How to Co-opt a Pandemic to Ban Asylum
Ruthie Epstein, Former Deputy Director, Immigration Policy, ACLU
By Ruthie Epstein, Deputy Director, Immigration Policy, ACLU, Shaw Drake
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