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Why symbolic reforms fail to address systemic problems

My community has been demanding police accountability for years and they finally fired one bad cop but nothing actually changed and people are losing hope.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Tokenistic responses to demands for justice are preserving the system while exhausting movements for change.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Criminal justice systems globally?”

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