JD Barnes/Essence Archives By Malaika Jabali ·August 11, 2021August 11, 2021
In the year since protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor galvanized the world, advocates and elected officials have called for a range of safer and more effective public- safety approaches—from abolishing or defunding to retraining the police.
D’atra Jackson, Black Youth Project 100 National Director, says, “When we seek answers to police violence, there is always a counter. For example, maybe
