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  1. Sep 2020
    1. the abolition of the police altogether

      abolishing the police isn't what people what. people want to be treated fairly. they don't want to have fear when encountering a police officer.

    2. hiring more minority officers would probably also cut down on the disproportionate application of force against black men.

      that sounds like affirmative action.

    3. If you don’t believe us, ask Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of two African-American men in the U.S. Senate and the JUSTICE Act’s Republican sponsor. In 2016, Scott told his fellow senators, “In the course of one year, I’ve been stopped seven times by law enforcement. Not four, not five, not six, but seven times in one year as an elected official.”
      1. a piece of evidence

      2. A connection between this article and last weeks article: Senator Tim Scott talking about how he has been stopped by the law(this article has a more detail about what Senator Scott said).

    4. Between 1993 and 2018, American violent crime fell from 747 crimes per 100,000 to 369, a drop of 51 percent. That’s more than a million fewer instances, each year, of horrible crimes such as rape, robbery, and assault. Homicides also fell by more than half from their peak (1991) to their trough (2014): from 24,808 to 12,278. That’s thousands of lives saved annually.

      Another statistic, with a longer timeframe of study, also kind of recent since one statistic was from 1993 to 2018(two years ago)

    5. Last year Gallup surveyed African-American residents of “fragile communities” on the importance of policing; 52 percent said they “would like the police to spend more time in their area than they currently do” — a higher percentage than white respondents.

      A statistic

    6. the Democrats’ proposed remedy is deeply flawed.

      How if the Democrats bill flawed?

    7. The Democrats’ bill — the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — also includes anti-lynching, recruitment, and training provisions. In addition, it has an entire section dedicated to addressing “racial profiling,” which gives new enforcement powers to the federal Justice Department as well as providing for new “civil actions” — i.e., citizen lawsuits against police departments.

      this a better proposed bill over the republican one.

    8. Black men are the principal beneficiaries of policing; they also bear its highest costs

      How are black men the principal beneficiaries of policing? Is the highest cost that someone can carry their life?

    9. Black men are the principal beneficiaries of policing; they also bear its highest costs

      possibly the main idea?

    10. In Policing, Race Matters

      in what ways does race matter in policing?

      Main idea of article: race matters when the police are involved in any situation.