There’s a Right Way and Wrong Way to Do Police Reform

TWO YEARS SINCE GEORGE FLOYD

Demonizing cops and defunding departments is madness, but so is telling the police to reform themselves without community involvement.

Published May 25 2022 7:46PM EDT

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Joe Biden has been spoiling for a fight on police reform for some time.

A few days after George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, Biden—who was then running for president—addressed the nation.

He called for police

Ruben Navarrette Jr.

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There’s a Right Way and Wrong Way to Do Police Reform

Demonizing cops and defunding departments is madness, but so is telling the police to reform themselves without community involvement.

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Ruben Navarrette Jr.