The Myth of Liberal Policing

Published: June 28, 2017, noon

Each week brings another tragic account of the police injuring or killing someone, usually poor and of color.\xa0 So shouldn\u2019t we support reforms to make the police more accountable? Alex Vitale has a surprising answer.\xa0 The sociologist discusses how liberal police reforms legitimize an illegitimate institution.\xa0 He argues instead that the reform we should get behind is reducing the number of police.\nThe post The Myth of Liberal Policing appeared first on KPFA.