Defunding the Police Actually Makes Us Safer: Denver Has the Receipts
For the past six months, the city of Denver, Colorado has been running a brilliant pilot program to replace police when 911 is called for at least seven different reasons connected to homelessness, substance abuse and poverty.
The STAR (Support-Team Assisted Response) program was inspired by one of my favorite programs in the country – the CAHOOTS em…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The North Star with Shaun King to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.