Photo provided courtesy of unsplash.com By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer “Defund the police.” Since approximately June of 2020, this cry has been heard around the United States of America. [1] The slogan gained popularity following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, who was killed in […]
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Texas Communities Call for Police Reform
Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer Over the past year, more than 700 hundred civilians have been fatally shot by police officers across the country.[1] To no surprise, this number continues to grow. On October 12, 2019, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson of Fort Worth, Texas was fatally […]