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Black Philly Officials Refuse to Control Cops
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
17 Oct 2017
🖨️ Print Article

When the Philadelphia City Council refused to consider a proposed bill to make the police accountable to democratically elected neighborhood bodies, the Black Is Back Coalition and its allies held a city-wide conference to demand Black community control of the police. “This is further evidence of the need for the Black community to build dual and contending power over our lives and institutions,” said Coalition activist Diop Olugbala.

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