In America protests have already brought policy changes
Congress, cities and states have all suggested changes since George Floyd’s killing
FOR YEARS, reformers have advocated a host of policies to make police more accountable to the people they serve, to little avail. But over the past two weeks, police have made better cases for reform than advocates ever could by brutalising journalists and peaceful protesters in broad daylight. Across America the political ground has shifted, as legislators long reluctant to take on the police have started to act.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The shifting ground”
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