So what has protesting accomplished?
Within 10 days of sustained protests:
👉Minneapolis banned the use of choke holds.
👉Charges were upgraded against Officer Chauvin, and his 3 accomplices arrested and charged.
👉Minneapolis City Council voted to defund the police and invest in a community-led safety model.
👉Dallas adopts a "duty to intervene" rule that requires officers to stop other cops who are engaging in inappropriate use of force.
👉New Jersey’s attorney general said the state will update its use-of-force guidelines for the first time in two decades.
👉In Maryland, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers announced a police reform work group.
👉Los Angeles City Council introduced a motion to reduce LAPD’s $1.8 billion operating budget by $150 million, reversing a decades long trend of growing the police budget.
👉LA Mayor Garcetti has pledged to re-invest the money from the LAPD budget in community improvement measures to reduce crime. Also, effective immediately: a moratorium on the gang database, and sharper discipline against abusive cops.
👉Police brutality captured on cameras leads to near-immediate suspensions and firings of officers in several cities (eg - Buffalo, Ft. Lauderdale).
👉In Atlanta, 2 officers were fired, and 4 other officers charged after they pulled a young couple from their car at the protests and tasered them.
👉A federal judge in Denver issued a restraining order barring Denver PD from using tear gas or projectiles against protesters.
👉In Denver, an officer was fired after tweeting encouragement of violence against protesters.
👉Louisville mayor suspends "no-knock warrants" of the kind used when police killed Breonna Taylor.
👉FBI opens investigation into the killing Breonna Tayor.
👉Philadelphia permanently removes the statue of ex-mayor Rizzo (who famously told residents to "vote white").
👉CA prosecutors launch campaign to stop DA’s from accepting police union money.
👉Tulsa Mayor agrees to not renew Live PD contract.
👉Louisville police chief fired after police kill David Mcatee at a BBQ joint on 6/1.
👉Military forces begin to withdraw from DC.
👉Bipartisan effort in congress begins to shut down a Pentagon program that transfers surplus military weaponry to police.
👉Minn AFL-CIO calls for the resignation of Bob Kroll, the president of the Minn police union and a vocal white supremacist.
👉Civil Rights investigation of Minneapolis PD launched.
👉University of Minnesota, Minn public schools and Minn Parks and Rec have canceled their contracts with the MPD. Minn Institute of Art, First Avenue, Walker Art Center end use of MPD for events.
👉San Francisco DA announces resolution to prevent law enforcement from hiring officers with history of misconduct.
👉Richmond, VA Mayor Stoney announces RPD reform measures: establishing "Marcus" alert for people experiencing mental health crisis, independent Citizen Review Board, an ordinance to remove Confederate monuments, and implementing a racial equity study.
👉Bus unions in multiple cities including Boston, Minneapolis and NYC agree to stop using public buses to transport police officers to protests or to transport arrested protesters.
👉Seattle changes mind and withdraws request to end federal oversight/consent decree of police department.
👉Portland schools superintendent ends use of armed police officers in schools.
👉King County Labor Federation issues ultimatum to police unions, to admit to and address racism in Seattle PD, or be removed.
👉Two Buffalo PD officers were arrested and charged for violently shoving a 75-year old man. The union has suggested not paying their legal fees.
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