Why Police Reform Doesn’t Work In The U.S.

An overview of more than a century of investigations into police brutality and systemic racism followed by the endless failed attempts at police reform.

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Rochester Riots
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Harlem Street
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Defense Presents Case In Murder Trial of Chicago Cop
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Protesters In Chicago Take To The Streets To Demand Resignation Of Mayor
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Rahm Emanuel Announces Police Accountability Task Force As CPD Chief Is Fired
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Protests Erupt In Chicago After Video Of Police Shooting Of Teen Is Released
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Mayor Rahn Emanuel And Chicago Police Superintendent McCarthy To Release Police Shooting Video
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Chicago Police Officer Involved With Video-Recorded Shooting Of Laquan McDonald Charged With First Degree Murder
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1938: Paperboy depot center bustling with kids making an extra buck.
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Investigation Report on Fire
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/khalil-muhammad