Hey, you know what would help prevent police from killing black people? Studying what specific practices, programs and policies lead to police not killing so many people — followed by targeted policy advocacy.
This will never happen. Critical race theory and displays of anger are quite in vogue in the academy; actually engaging with police departments requires patience and working with police departments (which your colleagues will find icky). Meanwhile the politicians just want to take advantage of general outrage for their own benefit and that of their party. We'll get a little reform out of the current protests as they stand, but not nearly enough.
This comment will not prevent police from killing black people, but there's an outside shot it will help one or two people in the world actually treat the problem like they actually want to solve it, so, I'll chance it.
> actually engaging with police departments requires patience and working with police departments
Sure, for the longer term profiling, excessive roughness, etc. But prosecuting a murderer for murdering is quite straightforward. It just takes a non-corrupt public prosecutor.
For example, I'd love to see a candidate for Commonwealth's Attorney of Jefferson County running on a platform of enforcing the law by prosecuting Breonna Taylor's killers. 2025 is some years away, but I don't think the statute of limitations will have expired.
