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Will the Latest Attempt at Police Reform Actually Offer the Transparency its Advertising?

The US Justice Department recently unveiled the "National Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab"- a resource aimed at improving policing. I have suspicions about its application.

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Donney Rose
Apr 28, 2022
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To be a police officer in America is to be an employee of a privileged government entity that is often afforded countless opportunities to fail upwards. No matter how egregious law enforcement officials may behave, no matter how many departments across the country have been placed on federal consent decrees, no matter how …

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