Rep. Conyers, Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, has re-introduced the End Racial Profiling Act. The legislation would enforce increased state oversight of local Police Departments.
It would be naive to say culture can be changed in a day or through a simple piece of legislation, but all who have said no problem exists are becoming aware they were wrong. History clearly shows otherwise. The immediate solutions including universal police body and inside-van cams, and training for arrest management and sensitivity, starting immediately, to existing and new police, can begin tomorrow.
Robert Weiner is a former spokesman for the Clinton White House and senior staff for Reps. John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Claude Pepper, Ed Koch and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. He wrote the epilogue to Bankole Thompson's groundbreaking book, "Obama and Christian Loyalty." Autumn Kelly is senior policy analyst at Robert Weiner Associates.
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