After facing protests from black activists,
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders unveiled a
comprehensive racial and criminal justice plan Monday.
Sanders, who has often spoken about running a
police department as mayor of Burlington, promises to "reinvent how we
police America" and packaged his criminal justice plan with ones to
preserve voting rights and protect against racial violence.
That means overhauling the way police are
trained to downplay the use of force and emphasize community policing.
Police officers would also be required to wear body cameras, paid for by
the federal government.
The senator also calls for demilitarizing police
forces, "so they don't look and act like invading armies." And he
proposes including a wide swatch of community leaders in re-imagining
police forces, including leaders from the Black Lives Matter movement.
Full article available here: Sanders Racial Justice Plan
Source: NBC News
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