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A State of Emergency for Police Reform
Shaping a more
just system
of justice
M ARC H. M ORIAL
A tragic déjà vu is
playing out in commu-
nities all across Amer-
ica, particularly in the
growingly
skeptical
streets of black and brown neigh-
borhoods.
Once again, our nation is forced
to grapple with fresh accounts of
police misconduct in its deadliest
incarnation. Once again, the vic-
tims are unarmed black men and
the perpetrators are the very pub-
lic servants charged with keeping
them—in fact, all of us—safe; it
seems only the states and the cir-
cumstances change.
On April 4, Walter Scott was
driving a Mercedes-Benz with
a busted taillight through North
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al Slager pulled Scott over. Said
to be in fear of being arrested,
the 50-year-old ran away from
the car. A cellphone video shows
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shooting at him with his stun gun,
when that failed to stop him, he
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Scott’s back, killing him on the
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scene.
Weeks later, in a west Balti-
more neighborhood, witnesses
used cellphone video to capture
parts of Freddie Gray’s ar-
rest. Police say the 25-year-
old was arrested after mak-
ing eye contact with the
police and then running
away. Gray can be heard
screaming in pain as he’s
being dragged into a police
van. While the mystery of what
happened in the van has yet to be
solved, we do know that his en-
counter with the police left him
with serious spinal cord injuries.
He died of those injuries a week
later.
This unjust treatment of our
nation’s citizens by law enforce-
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justice should stir, if not shock,
our collective conscious. These
heavy-handed, sometimes fatal,
police tactics should inspire out-
cry from all corners of our coun-
try—and the world.
But we can’t leave our frus-
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doorstep of outrage. Our chal-
lenge is to make the Scotts and
Grays of this nation the rarest
of exceptions, not the fatal rule.
Anger has its place, but it is in
action—strategic, comprehensive
action—that we will begin to at-
tack the cancer of police miscon-
duct.
In light of the most recent
deaths, and our nation’s desper-
ate need for solutions during
this state of emergency that calls
for action, and an action plan,
I want to reintroduce the Na-
tional Urban League’s 10-Point
Justice Plan for police reform
and accountability calling for
widespread use of body cameras
and dashboard cameras; the im-
plementation of a 21st Century
community policing model; the
review and revision of police use
of deadly force policies and the
comprehensive retraining of all
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The other points of the plan
support a comprehensive review
and strengthening of police hir-
ing standards; the appointment of
special prosecutors to Investigate
police misconduct; mandatory,
uniform FBI reporting and an
audit of lethal force incidents in-
volving all law enforcement; the
creation and audit of a national
database of citizen complaints
against police; the revision of
national police accreditation sys-
tem for mandatory use by law
enforcement to be eligible for
federal funds; and a nationwide
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ing law.
The rage that has spilled out
onto so many of our streets since
the shooting death of Michael
Brown in Ferguson, Mo., last
year makes it clear that the is-
sue of police-involved killings is
one that will not be easily swept
under a rug of unawareness and
indifference. When we, as a na-
tion, address the problem of po-
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particularly against people in
communities of color, we know
that we are saving lives—per-
haps our own—and shaping a
more just system of justice for
all.
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countable for using excessive
force—as they have thankfully
been held in the cases of Scott
and Gray—we are encouraged
and know that change is possible,
but our work does not end there.
To deliver on the promise of
fair treatment by law enforce-
ment for every American, we cit-
izens, community stakeholders,
policy-makers and politicians,
must all commit to play our part
for the long haul to right the his-
toric wrong of the unequal treat-
ment of people of color by police
under the law.
Marc H. Morial is president
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National Urban League.
Mother’s Day and the Fight for Immigration
Giving moms
and their
children hope
C ECILIA V ELASCO
This Mother’s Day,
I can hug my mother
tightly and celebrate
with her. I’d like to
thank our 40th presi-
dent for that.
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progressive
young
Latina from a working-class
background, whose parents im-
migrated to the United States
from Mexico without papers, I’m
actually thankful for something
Ronald Reagan did.
He signed into law legislation
that’s allowed me to share this
special day with my mom every
year without the worry of it being
our last one together.
My parents legalized their sta-
tus after Reagan signed the Immi-
gration Reform and Control Act
in 1986. They had green cards
by the time I was born four years
later and became citizens before I
started kindergarten.
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That landmark law granted
them the right to get driver’s li-
censes, become homeowners,
and vote in elections. This, in
turn, empowered them to estab-
lish their own businesses, make
investments, and afford
out-of-pocket payments for
health insurance.
These changes opened a
new world of opportunity
not just for them, but also
for me and my brother. It
gave us a worry-free and
“normal” childhood that my
friends with undocumented par-
ents who arrived a few years later
didn’t get.
Unlike those friends and class-
mates, I never had nightmares
about my mom being taken away
from me — or of coming home to
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I knew growing up, that wasn’t
just a nightmare. It was reality.
My worries were of the more
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to wear, how to do my makeup,
and whether to swap my latest ce-
lebrity crush for another one.
My mom always drove me and
my friends to the movies, to the
mall, or anywhere we needed to
go, no matter the distance. She
reliably carpooled for years of
softball and basketball games and
supplied the team’s snacks.
When I got my license at 17, I
didn’t need to drive my parents to
their jobs, doctors’ appointments,
and my own school events to re-
duce their risk of deportation. I
would have gladly done it, but
unlike my friends whose parents
lack papers after living here for
years, I didn’t need to.
In short, I’m lucky that my
parents were present throughout
my childhood and adolescence.
And I never had to worry that
they wouldn’t be. This isn’t the
case for 4.5 million children and
young adults who live in fear of
seeing their parents deported.
President Barack Obama has
tried to provide some relief to
these undocumented parents
and their citizen or permanent
resident children. His program,
known as DAPA, wouldn’t go
as far as Reagan’s immigration
reform. But by granting appli-
cants a two-year renewable work
permit and reprieve from depor-
tation, it would provide them the
ability to obtain driver’s licenses,
credit cards, better paying jobs,
and a shot at a more stable life.
My friends whose parents
qualify would no longer have to
stay up late to make sure their
parents got home safely. They
wouldn’t have to worry that an
unexpected police encounter
or parking ticket could lead to
the separation of their families.
They could say goodbye to their
parents before going to school
knowing that they’ll be there
when they get home.
Over 60 percent of Americans
support Obama’s effort to bring
immigrants out of the shadows
and give them a chance to ful-
ly contribute to this country.
But anti-immigrant forces have
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many hardworking American
immigrants and their families in
limbo.
The courts have the power to
break this impasse. This Mother’s
Day, that would mean giving mil-
lions of immigrant moms — and
their children — plenty to cele-
brate.
Cecilia Velasco is the New
Mexico Fellow at the Institute for
Policy Studies.