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John Raphling, senior researcher on the criminal legal system for the US Program at Human Rights Watch and author of the report, says that government police reform efforts should address three critical issues: reducing the role of police in addressing societal problems, redirecting funds to initiatives that support people and empower communities, and strengthening independent police oversight and accountability.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMaking this shift, Raphling says, is essential to limiting the police violence that has caused so much harm.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/08\/12\/roadmap-re-imagining-public-safety-united-states#_Local,_state,_and\u0022\u003ERead the full report here \u003C\/a\u003Eand check out Raphling\u2019s twitter commentary on policing below.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u201cA Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United States\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@hrw\u003C\/a\u003E paper on policing, recommendations for structural reform: Divest from policing, invest in communities, strengthen accountability \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/0GTohSH9xK\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/0GTohSH9xK\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 John Raphling (@JRaphling) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRaphling\/status\/1293988248247664640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 13, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__376131__en","data":"","settings":null}]