I feel that you don't know that police evolved from slave patrols. The police are the latest incarnation of a system designed to enforce racist class policy.
For example, consider a policy that you haven't mentioned: Should police be required to live in their precincts? The answer, from Peelian principles, is an easy yes.
If you'd like to know what people are actually asking for in terms of change, the "Eight [changes which] Can't Wait" [0]; this includes changing the rules of engagement and also giving police training which will help them de-escalate. For laws about body cameras, there are several national trends in state law which tend towards mandating their usage and ensuring that footage is released to the public [1].
However, that was all before this spring. The current situation in my metro area is that thousands of local folks have come out of the suburbs to occupy downtown in a continuous months-long protest against police brutality, and the police have responded by summoning federal agents for backup and conducting a counter-siege against said local folks. We just had the city council vote 4-1 to defund the police, and the only no-voter said she wanted more defunding. More defunding is coming.
We are so far past "less policing in black neighborhoods". No, the time has come to stop supporting the police as a nexus of hate and corruption, and to take away their guns, toys, and cash.
For example, consider a policy that you haven't mentioned: Should police be required to live in their precincts? The answer, from Peelian principles, is an easy yes.
If you'd like to know what people are actually asking for in terms of change, the "Eight [changes which] Can't Wait" [0]; this includes changing the rules of engagement and also giving police training which will help them de-escalate. For laws about body cameras, there are several national trends in state law which tend towards mandating their usage and ensuring that footage is released to the public [1].
However, that was all before this spring. The current situation in my metro area is that thousands of local folks have come out of the suburbs to occupy downtown in a continuous months-long protest against police brutality, and the police have responded by summoning federal agents for backup and conducting a counter-siege against said local folks. We just had the city council vote 4-1 to defund the police, and the only no-voter said she wanted more defunding. More defunding is coming.
We are so far past "less policing in black neighborhoods". No, the time has come to stop supporting the police as a nexus of hate and corruption, and to take away their guns, toys, and cash.
[0] https://8cantwait.org/
[1] https://apps.urban.org/features/body-camera-update/