One Journey Toward Racial Justice: The Power of Me, the Power of We

By the Fall, we crafted a proposal, based on community input, for consideration by the Des Moines city government (Mayor, City Council, and City Manager). Making marijuana possession a low-level enforcement priority.5 We took our concerns about racial profiling to the Des Moines City Council for the...

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Published in:The journal of gender, race, and justice race, and justice, 2021-03, Vol.24 (1), p.5
Main Author: Young, Tori A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Black people
Brown, Michael
City Government
City ordinances
Community Involvement
Community Relations
Councils
Data collection
Democracy
Departments
Floyd, George
Interviews
Justice
Law Enforcement
Males
Marijuana
Meetings
Murders & murder attempts
Police
Power
Racial Differences
Racial justice
Racial profiling
Racism
Remedies
Review boards
Scientific Concepts
Social Change
Social justice
Trust (Psychology)
White people
Whites
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Summary:By the Fall, we crafted a proposal, based on community input, for consideration by the Des Moines city government (Mayor, City Council, and City Manager). Making marijuana possession a low-level enforcement priority.5 We took our concerns about racial profiling to the Des Moines City Council for the first time in April 2018. [...]city leaders would not include a ban on pre-textual stops nor a citizens review board. [...]while not agreeing to make marijuana possession a low-level priority, they did form a task force to study marijuana enforcement.
ISSN:1550-7815