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SROs and Cincinnati Public Schools: My Story of Harm Left Untreated
No one else should ever have to experience the feeling of shaking when you walk past cops in your very own school hallways, the automatic reaction of choking up at just the sight of the administrators that were supposed to protect you.
By Yousuf Munir
House Bill 22 – Opponent Testimony
HB 22 is a bill which criminalizes protest.
By Gary Daniels
Introducing Our Columbus Police Contract Negotiation Toolkit
Contract negotiations are complicated, hyper technical, and usually carried out privately without any public input.
By Claire Chevrier
Cleveland Police Need a Strong Policy to Protect Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Residents
On Police Violence, Our Legal System and Community Members Disagree
It was a Saturday in August 2017 when I drove across town to gather in Euclid with family and friends of Luke Stewart, a young father who was killed by Euclid Police after they found him sleeping in his parked car. It was sunny and humid, and people had brought bagels, donuts, coffee. We were canvassing the neighborhood to invite residents to an upcoming city council meeting to demand accountability for the City’s senseless taking of life.
ACLU of Ohio Urges Improvements to Cleveland Police's Search and Seizure Policies
As part of its consent decree process, the Cleveland Division of Police is revising its search and seizure policies, which govern when and how officers can stop, arrest, and detain community members. Although its 2018 revised drafts represent an improvement, there are still changes that must be made for the policies to comply with basic best practices.
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