06/11/20-Business Insider “The problem is, traditionally, if police officers were to ask for help, they ended up being placed on what we call the ‘bow-and-arrow squadron’ – their service revolver was taken away and they were given a desk job.” Risdon Slate, CJRA Expert.
06/11/20-Business Insider “[There aren’t] any tools to deal with the experiences – other than ‘Suck it up, this is part of the job, be cool, calm, and collected.’” Maria Haberfeld, CJRA Expert.
06/10/20-Wisconsin Public Radio “In the past, police have generally justified the killings of black and brown people by saying they feared for their lives and quite frankly, much of the general public have often sided with the police in thinking and saying ‘If he just did this, if he just said this, if he just […]
06/09/20-Washington Post In a byline article for the Washington Post, CJRA expert Cynthia Lum discusses the importance of public trust in the police and the requirement of more than just more training in implicit bias and de-escalation.
06/07/20-Washington Post “Seasoned officers will push away from what they learned in the academy and go to what works for them in the street,” Lorenzo Boyd, CJRA Expert.
06/04/20-Business Insider “Last night, after the curfew was imposed, we maybe only have a handful of businesses that were destroyed and looted. From this perspective, it’s effective,” Maria Haberfeld, CJRA Expert.
06/04/20-IndyStar “I think the police would say that their reaction is legal and proper because they’re under threat. And I’m sure as a legal matter, they are correct,” Daniel Nagin, CJRA Expert.
06/03/20-The Marshall Project “I am curious … as we reduce the census throughout all of these jails and prisons, if after this it makes us think about whether we need to go back to filling them again.” Christine Tartaro, CJRA Expert.
06/03/20-Scripps “It doesn’t necessarily give power. It gives them the ability to contain better whatever it is that they need to contain,” Maria Haberfeld, CJRA Expert.
06/02/20-Dallas News “I can see where they could be overly cautious trying to contain demonstrations,” Maria Haberfeld, CJRA Expert.