Don't give up on police reform - by Matthew Yglesias
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Catching and punishing cops who break the rules is possible and important
Don't give up on police reform Catching and punishing cops who break the rules is possible and important Matthew Yglesias Feb 14, 2023 207 237 Share When video was released of Tyre Nichols’ apparent murder at the hands of Memphis Police Department officers, reactions were understandably strong. Many of those working in this area expressed frustration that police reforms had done nothing to prevent Nichols’ death — that the fact that these officers were wearing body cameras shows that body cams don’t work, or that the officers are African American shows that descriptive representation among pol
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