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Does the Thin Blue Line have a Weak Link?

Police brutality is in the spotlight and public opinion is reaching a verdict of guilty as charged.

Libby Winkler
5 min readJan 29, 2023
Photo by LOGAN WEAVER | @LGNWVR on Unsplash

In recent years, there have been many high-profile cases of police misconduct.

From the murder of unarmed Black man Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri to the killings of Oscar Grant and Eric Garner — all at the hands of police officers — it’s clear that something is wrong with our current system.

The question is, what can be done to fix it? Some say that we need to reform police training and oversight, while others believe that the solution lies in changing the way we think about law enforcement entirely.

What do you think?

Recent string of police shootings has many…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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