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Virginia police should not fear more accountability

This session, a fight from the 2020 special session is reemerging over proposals to allow victims of police misconduct to sue for civil damages. Police unions and sheriffs are signaling opposition. But as a former police officer who now studies policing & crime, I think that opposition is misguided.
February 11, 2021

Don't just quote Dr. King. Honor him with actions.

Martin Luther King Day should remind us that he was the king of the dream for justice and equality for Black people and all of humanity. A dream for principles that has yet to be realized.

January 19, 2021

This is America.

We condemn white supremacy, those who perpetrate it, and those who are complicit–including the outgoing president, who has consistently sought to undermine the will of the people and subvert the peaceful transfer of power.

January 8, 2021
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