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8 Can’t Wait
Research shows more restrictive use of force policies can reduce killings by police and save lives. Tell your city to adopt all eight of these policies.
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End All No Knocks
No-knock raids have terrorized our communities for too long. You can help end them.
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Rikers In Crisis
The mismanagement of Rikers Island jail is a human rights crisis. Decades of corruption & mismanagement have proven that New York City is unable to improve the deadly scenario manufactured by the Department of Correction.
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Cancel ShotSpotter
Research shows that ShotSpotter does not prevent gunfire, makes police less effective, costs cities millions of dollars, and leads to tens of thousands of high-intensity interactions between police and civilians. At a time when gun violence is front of mind for legislators, Campaign Zero is launching #CancelShotSpotter to call for investments in proven solutions to improve the health and safety of our communities, rather than ineffective and untested technology.
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Raise the Threshold
Felony theft thresholds are the dollar amount that determines when a theft becomes a felony. These amounts are dangerously low across the country and seriously outdated. Research shows increases to theft thresholds does not lead to increased theft.
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End “Excited Delirium”
Campaign Zero and Physicians for Human Rights are targeting the unscientific and misused term “excited delirium,” often cited in cases of police custody deaths and excessive force, emphasizing its lack of medical validity and disproportionate impact on communities of color.
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End Qualified Immunity
Qualified immunity protects the police from civil liability when they violate an individual’s constitutional rights. People harmed, injured, or killed by police rarely receive justice or compensation for damages. Victims of police misconduct and their families often spend years in court seeking justice only for officers to be shielded by qualified immunity. Many cases don’t make it to trial at all.
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Free Keith Davis Jr.
What started as a case of mistaken identity in 2015 has turned into a miscarriage of justice by state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby’s office, resulting in 5 trials: 2 mistrials, 1 acquittal, 2 overturned verdicts and a 6th trial to begin in May of 2022.
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Justice for Derontae Martin
Derontae Martin was a loving, driven, and hard-working 19-year-old boy with a bright future ahead of him. Shockingly, Derontae was killed before he was able to live out his dreams. On April 25th 2021, Derontae was found shot in the closet of a known white supremacist in Fredericktown, Missouri.
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Justice for Samuel Celestin
On April 11, 2019, Samuel, “Sammy”, Celestin, suffered a mental health crisis that would lead to his death at the hands of police. Despite repeated requests for an investigation into the officer’s conduct, and even the election of a new State’s Attorney who promised police accountability, Sammy’s family remains without explanation as to why no officer has been charged related to the conduct contributing to Sammy’s death.
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Data Projects
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Nix the 6
Across the country, police unions have written contracts and laws that make it almost impossible to hold police accountable. We reviewed police union contracts in nearly 600 cities and “Police Bill of Rights” laws in 22 states.
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Mapping Police Violence
The most comprehensive database on killings by police. This data includes victim demographic information and other relevant information which allows us to understand the impact on different American communities.
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The Police Scorecard
An evaluation of policing outcomes in cities across the country utilizing data on use of force, accountability, arrests, and other aspects of policing.
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