Police Accountability

My name is Rebecca Ennen and I live in Petworth in Ward 4. I have been involved in DC local issues since I moved here in 2010 through Jews United for Justice, both on staff and as a volunteer.

Dear DC Council Judiciary Committee, Thank you, and thank you for this hearing. My name is Hannah Weilbacher and I'm a Ward 1 resident. I am testifying today because Black lives matter.

My name is Logan Bayroff and I'm a Ward 1 resident. I am testifying today because Black lives matter, and because I want to live in a city in which the government acts to genuinely serve all DC [...]

Police accountability bill #96-20 must be strengthened in order to achieve real justice.

In Maryland, we have a system that permits police to police themselves without any accountability.

Policing in Maryland is a broken legacy of a racist system, and it is past time for partial reforms. 

We must repeal LEOBR to end the racist, corrupt, and inequitable policing that has been taking place in Maryland for far too long.

Real change, real action, real teshuvah, requires full repeal of LEOBR.

Leviticus 19 says, “You shall commit no injustice in judgment; you shall not favor a poor person or respect a great man; you shall judge your fellow with righteousness.” This verse from the [...]

On September 2nd, we, a group of JUFJ leaders and involved community members, held a workshop on whiteness, Jewishness, and policing. The purpose of that workshop was to develop an understanding [...]