Campaign Zero

Campaign Zero is a plan for police reform proposed by activists associated with Black Lives Matter, on a website that was launched on August 21, 2015.[1] The plan consists of ten proposals, all of which are aimed at reducing police violence.[2] People behind the proposals include Brittany Packnett,[2] Samuel Sinyangwe,[3] DeRay Mckesson and Johnetta Elzie.[4] The activists who produced the proposals did so in response to critics who asked them to make specific policy proposals.[2] Many of the policies it recommends are already in place as best practice policies of existing police departments.[5]

Reception

Because many of the policies Campaign Zero recommends are already in place in some police departments, Ben Mathis-Lilley has said that with the launch of its site, Campaign Zero "is saying to mainstream politicians: Here are some products that have been sold before—now do your job."[6] Harold Pollack has stated that the document in which the campaign announced its proposals is "a very useful and professional document", and that certain proposals it made, such as increasing police diversity and reducing the use of monetary punishments to raise revenue, seemed "particularly smart."[4] On January 19, 2016, it was ranked as one of 20 tech insiders defining the 2016 United States presidential election by the staff of Wired.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Swaine, Jon (21 August 2015). "Protesters unveil demands for stricter US policing laws as political reach grows". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cornish, Audie (26 August 2015). "Black Lives Matter Publishes 'Campaign Zero' Plan To Reduce Police Violence". NPR. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "About". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 Pollack, Harold (24 August 2015). "A Crime and Policing Expert Critiques Black Lives Matter’s Police-Reform Plan". New York Magazine. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Friedersdorf, Conor (24 September 2015). "Will Black Lives Matter Be a Movement That Persuades?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Mathis-Lilley, Ben (21 August 2015). "As of Today, Black Lives Matter Activists Can Point to a Thorough Police Brutality Reform Plan". Slate. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Staff (19 January 2016). "Meet the 20 Tech Insiders Defining the 2016 Campaign". Wired. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

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