[ISiddiqui]

I have seen that community policing tends to work much better in building trust. Police not in riot gear and more seen as part of the community. Miami seemed to handle this past weekend well by accepting legitimate concerns and actually being on one knee as the protesters came to City Hall and then had conversations.

Training needs to improved. Police needs to be less militarized (how do you build trust when you look like you are invading your neighborhood). Asset based forfeiture needs to be abolished (it just encourages bull shit pull overs to take items).

Ending mass incarceration and war on drugs is key as well (and there seems to be bipartisan support for this as well... At least in Washington).

This won't solve everything. We live in a society that is still deeply racist and law enforcement has taught racist policing for too long ('driving while black' is a result of bad training). But it's a good step. We can build on that.


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