NOW: Resignations Are Not Enough - Georgia Needs Structural Police Reform to Stop Systemic Racism
June 20, 2020
June 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The National Organization for Women issued the following statement:
NOW applauds Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for announcing the departure of police chief Erika Shields, and calling for the immediate termination of Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a Wendy's drive through.
But firing Officer Rolfe won't quiet the outrage, or address the injustice, felt by Black communities whose civil rights have be . . .
NOW applauds Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for announcing the departure of police chief Erika Shields, and calling for the immediate termination of Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a Wendy's drive through.
But firing Officer Rolfe won't quiet the outrage, or address the injustice, felt by Black communities whose civil rights have be . . .