In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, New Yorkers took to the streets to protest police violence as part of the country’s largest civil rights movement in decades. In response, state lawmakers passed several bills meant to increase police transparency and accountability.Two years later, the political atmosphere is very different. Politicians in both major political parties are pledging to increase funding, resources, and support for police departments. Many are counting on law enforcement to be the answer to many of our state’s biggest problems like homelessness, mental health care, school discipline, and more.In the face of this return to so-called law-and-order politics, how do we advance the causes of police transparency, accountability and reform? And how do we eventually transform the role law enforcement plays in our society?We get into all this with NYCLU assistant policy director Michael Sisitzky and NYCLU supervising attorney Bobby Hodgson.Resources:The Civilian Complaint Review Board database Bobby mentions can be found here.The NYCLU report on some of the biggest findings from that database is here.And make sure to tell state lawmakers to pass the policy transparency bill Michael talks about.For more on everything we discuss in this episode, visit nyclu.org. For transcripts and additional information on the episodes, visit nyclu.org/en/rightsthisway.Follow NYCLU on Twitter and Instagram.Please download, subscribe, rate, and review Rights This Way wherever you listen to it. It will help more people find this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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