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CPE Publishes Recommendations for Improving BART Fare Enforcement Practices and Policies

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CPE partnered with the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency to investigate the impact of fare evasion enforcement on public safety, racial equity, and public access. San Francisco, CA — The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces the publication of a new report, BART Fare Enforcement: Balancing Goals, Community Concerns, and Human Costs, in partnership with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). The report is a comprehensive assessment of BART’s approach to fare enforcement and its policies, and provides data-driven recommendations for improving BART’s current enforcement operations. CPE originally partnered with BART in 2016 to study the impact of policing throughout the BART system, culminating in a 2020 report with 12 actionable recommendations to address operational issues related to racial equity and use of force. Building on this partnership, BART engaged CPE in 2022 for a deeper investigation into the impact of fare evasion enforcement on public safety, racial equity, and access.  […]

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Roc Nation & United Justice Coalition Announce Laura Coates, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Angela Rye, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, and More as Speakers for the Upcoming Justice Coalition Summit, Friday, May 30 at The Shed in NYC

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The Associated Press spotlighted the third annual UJC Summit, which brings together leaders, advocates, and changemakers to discuss critical issues related to criminal justice reform. The event, hosted by The United Justice Coalition (UJC) and Roc Nation, will cover topics that include probation, prison, and parole reform; police corruption; the intersection of mental health and justice; the challenges faced by women entangled in the criminal legal system; and the impact of systemic injustice on families. Participating organizations include the American Probation and Parole Association, Center for Policing Equity, Children of Promise, Dream.org, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Sheriff’s Association, Rehabilitation Through The Arts, Right on Crime, Gathering for Justice, Ladies of Hope Ministries, Until Freedom, and many more. Read the full article on the Associated Press website.

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CPE Statement in the Wake of the Tyre Nichols Trial Verdict

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As we near the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, today’s verdict in the Tyre Nichols case is a gut punch—not because we didn’t know the system was designed with the ability to brutalize the most vulnerable, but because once again, there is no accountability in the face of its naked cruelty. Tyre should be alive today. His death wasn’t just about a few officers—it was the result of a policing culture trained and authorized to use force without consequence. When the Trump administration recently revived calls to “unleash” law enforcement in an executive order, it wasn’t just rhetoric, it was permission. Permission for the kind of abuse and impunity this case lays bare. Our hearts are with Tyre’s family and with every community still waiting for justice and real safety.

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TIME Unveils Special Report: “Five Years Later: America Looks for a Way Forward After George Floyd”

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TIME to Host ‘TIME Impact Dinner: The Road to Justice’ in Washington, D.C. on May 20, in Partnership with the Center for Policing Equity  Today, TIME publishes “Five Years Later: America Looks for a Way Forward After George Floyd,” a special report released ahead of the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. In the wake of Floyd’s death, millions of Americans took to the streets, launching the largest protests in U.S. history and marking a watershed moment that demanded safety, dignity, and an end to anti-Black racism. Produced in collaboration with the Center for Policing Equity, the special package features a collection of interviews and essays from scholars, activists, artists, and more, exploring why the pursuit of racial justice remains so challenging in America. –Read the special report: here “Few periods have influenced the course of American history in the last century as the killing of George Floyd on May

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CPE Response to Executive Order “Unleashing” America’s Law Enforcement

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Statement by Phillip Atiba Solomon, CEO of the Center for Policing Equity (CPE): “The Administration’s new executive order claims to strengthen law enforcement, but its true effect is undermining public trust, overriding local decision-making, and disrupting the careful balance between safety and accountability on which our democracy depends.  Released just before the nation marks five years since the lynching of George Floyd and the historic protests it ignited, this order threatens to reverse hard-won progress by disregarding demands for fair, accountable policing and instead pushing to expand law enforcement with minimal oversight.  The executive order also lays the groundwork for consolidating the administration’s influence over local police, undermining democratic governance, and reshaping local law enforcement around its political agenda.  True public safety is not achieved through unchecked force. It is built by addressing root causes of community crises, investing in vulnerable populations, and implementing evidence-driven approaches. Real safety is built

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Statement on the Passing of President Jimmy Carter on this National Day of Mourning

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The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is deeply saddened by the death of President Jimmy Carter. His advancement of human rights on the international stage, dedication to racial justice here at home, and devotion to a life of service to community should serve as a model to all. In his early political career in the mid-1960s, President Carter championed voting rights as a Georgia state senator; when elected Georgia’s governor, he used his 1971 inaugural address to state unequivocally that “the time for racial discrimination is over,”going on to dramatically increase the number of Black people appointed and hired to serve in the state’s institutions. During his time in the White House (1977-1981), President Carter supported Affirmative Action,  signed an executive order to significantly increase the participation of historically Black colleges and universities [HBCUs] in federally sponsored programs, and expanded the ranks of Black people serving in the federal government

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CPE Statement on Last Night’s Presidential Election Results

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At the Center for Policing Equity, we woke up today not only with a sense of grieving and urgency — as we did after November 5, 2016 and again after January 6th, 2021 — but also in the context of the long struggle towards Black liberation. In the words of our co-founder and CEO, Phillip Atiba Solomon: “Generational progress for Black folks in the United States, and across the globe, arrives in the context of cycles of backlash. It was not surprising, eight years ago, for the nation to choose white resentment over competence. It is no more historically surprising that yesterday voters chose a candidate found guilty of sexual assault, fraud, and racist discrimination over a woman who had spent the majority of her career trying to protect people from those kinds of attacks. We are all made vulnerable by the nation’s inability to quit its addiction to white

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CPE and the Fines & Fees Justice Center Publish White Paper on Prioritizing Safety in Federal Transportation Funding

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The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) and the Fines & Fees Justice Center (FFJC) announce the publication of a new white paper titled, “Beyond Enforcement: Prioritizing Safety in Federal Transportation Funding.” This white paper examines the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) prioritization and funding of traffic enforcement measured by frequency rather than safety – an approach shown to repeatedly increase racial disparities for Black and Latine drivers – and the risks of continuing to prioritize and fund such enforcement. The paper also provides recommendations for federal officials to clarify what a successful multifaceted systemic approach looks like in order to truly improve traffic safety outcomes. “For decades, law enforcement agencies have been quietly incentivized by grant funding structures to make as many stops and write as many tickets as possible – resulting in policing for profit over safety,” says Scarlet Neath, Policy Director at CPE. “We are grateful to have

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CPE Publishes White Paper on Compounding Anti-Black Racial Disparities in Police Stops

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The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) announces the publication of a new white paper titled “Compounding Anti-Black Racial Disparities in Police Stops.” This paper provides an overview of racial disparities in the multiple decisions police officers make when interacting with the public during vehicle stops. More specifically, the white paper maps how racial disparities during traffic stops increase the risks of harm for Black drivers at subsequent decision points throughout the encounter and that these traffic stops serve no public safety or crime reduction purpose. “Decades of research shows that Black people disproportionately bear the brunt of policing in the United States,” said the paper’s author Matthew A. Graham, Senior Data Analyst at CPE. “They’re stopped more often for pretextual, non-public-safety related reasons like expired plates, tinted windows, and broken taillights, which are exactly the types of stops that are much more likely to result in a search, so Black

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CPE Statement on Mixed Verdict in Tyre Nichol’s Murder Trial Against Officers

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Tyre Nichols should be alive. Tyre Nichols’ 7-year-old son should still have his father. The Memphis officers convicted Thursday for their roles in his fatal beating – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith – lied to a supervisor, to medical professionals treating Nichols, and in subsequent written reports about the extent of the force they used during the early January 2023 encounter. Police video from the brutal attack showed the officers pepper-spraying and punching and kicking Nichols. When he tried to escape his attackers, they tasered him. The footage captured Nichols calling out for his mother as the officers pummeled the 29-year-old with police batons mere steps from his home. All video evidence clearly shows that Nichols was restrained during the attack and unable to comply with instructions. Bean, Haley, and Smith now face as many as 20 years in prison after being convicted Thursday of witness tampering related to

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