In light of the murder of George Floyd and the uprising in Minneapolis, it's important we push for evidence-based solutions. The American Public Health Association ( @PublicHealth) declares police violence as a public health issue. (thread)

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence

Importantly, the statement from @PublicHealth highlights that there is very little evidence that solutions such as implicit bias training, community policing, and body cameras actually work to decrease police violence and increase accountability. 2/x

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence

Instead, the statement urges solutions including transparency of policing data, decriminalization of activities shaped by the experience of marginalization, demilitarization of police, & shifting resources from policing to community-led programs. 3/x

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence

Policing was historically deployed for social control of communities deemed socially marginal & policies & practices continue to sustain this intent. The system of policing is unjust at its root & the solution must be: #divest, #decriminalize, #dismantle.

https://www.apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence