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What Does "Real" Safety Look Like In Your Community?
Police violence continues to destroy and erode our communities on a daily basis. In 2022, more people were killed by police violence than any year in the past decade.[1]
Of those killed in 2022, 97% were shot by police and the majority of those cases were deemed “non-violent”. Top instances involving police killings include traffic stops, mental health check, and disturbances. The majority of those killed were unarmed and people of color.
In 2023 alone, there have been only 8 days where the police have not killed a civilian.[2] According to current mappings of police violence, 2023 is at the same rate of police killings as 2022 and is expected to surpass the total from 2022.
In an era where police accountability is at a fever pitch, data shows that sincere accountability and transparency has not materialized. From 2013-2022, 98.1% of killings by police have not resulted in officers being charged. Some cities have reports listing the names of officers, but it is not a requirement and often, cities do not release the officers names responsible for killings.
True change comes from investment in under resourced and overlooked communities. In each instance of police brutality, there is a repetitive pledge to change policing practices but that commitment is always short-lived. The People’s Response Act is federal legislation, created by Missouri Representative Cori Bush, emphasizes an inclusive, holistic, and health-centered approach to public safety by creating a public safety division within the Department of Human Health and Services. It adopts a new approach to public safety that will save lives, and build systems of care that are rooted in improving the well-being of all communities. This approach must be equitable, health-centered, and preventative to stop violence and harm before it occurs while ensuring that every community has what it needs to flourish. [3]
MomsRising believes that true accountability will challenge the policing system to change. These changes come in the form of collective community action and response.
We are gathering stories of police violence, police accountability, and alternatives to policing in communities. These stories will be developed into a storybook that will be delivered to elected and local leaders to address police violence.
Help us bring about change, please submit your story.
[1]https://policeviolencereport.org/
[2]https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/
[3]https://peoplesresponseact.com/