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\u003C\/figure\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe reform package, which DC council members have\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/dc-politics\/dc-council-police-reform\/2020\/06\/09\/c77ae6b0-aa49-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html\u0022\u003Epromised is the first of many\u003C\/a\u003E, makes the use of neck restraints by officers a felony, forbids hiring officers previously fired for police misconduct, prohibits the purchase of military equipment from the federal government, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/local\/305\/2020\/06\/10\/873654735\/d-c-council-passes-emergency-police-reform-bill-delays-cutting-size-of-m-p-d\u0022\u003Erestores the right to vote to people incarcerated for felonies in DC\u003C\/a\u003E. Mayor Muriel Bowser has\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/bowser-to-sign-police-reform-bill\u0022\u003Eindicated\u003C\/a\u003E she will sign the bill. Even if she does, because the reform package was\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dccouncil.us\/council-unanimously-passes-emergency-police-and-justice-reform-measure\/\u0022\u003Epassed as an emergency measure\u003C\/a\u003E, it will only last for 90 days and will need to be voted on again following public hearings to become permanent law.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDC authorities should get at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/02\/us-address-structural-racism-underlying-protests\u0022\u003Eroot causes\u003C\/a\u003E of police violence and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/20\/03\/06\/new-d-c-police-data-reveals-continued-racial-disparities-in-stop-and-frisk\/\u0022\u003Eracial disparities\u003C\/a\u003E, which\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-culture-of-violence-infecting-the-dc-police-department\/2017\/09\/29\/d906ea5c-8745-11e7-a50f-e0d4e6ec070a_story.html\u0022\u003Ehave plagued\u003C\/a\u003E the city\u2019s police department. Reforms should include a drastic reduction in unnecessary arrests, including arrests for conduct that should not be criminalized to begin with, including drug possession for personal use \u2013 which Human Rights Watch has documented is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2016\/10\/12\/every-25-seconds\/human-toll-criminalizing-drug-use-united-states\u0022\u003Esingle most arrested offense\u003C\/a\u003E in the country \u2013 and sex work. DC should also move away from using police to address problems related to homelessness and poverty, such as loitering and trespassing. 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