I intend to introduce legislation that will make police accountable for their actions and limit uses of force in cases where it is unnecessary.
I`m a former mayor. I know that being a cop is not an easy job. But when police officers misbehave, they`ve got to be held accountable.
We need to demilitarize local police departments so that they do not look like occupying armies. We want police departments that look like the communities they are serving.
I talked to a lot of Black Lives activists in various states. What I learned is that the relationship of police departments around the country with the black community is far, far more severe and awful than I had originally known.
The police killings of unarmed African Americans has got to stop.
