To improve policing, Louisville needs truth

In Louisville, few of us would disagree that our local criminal justice system — police, courts, prosecutors, corrections — does not provide equal justice for all of our citizens. Many of us, in fact, have been victimized by these systems. Some have even lost their lives. Violence — in the form of murders, shootings and police actions — continues to tear apart our community. Historically, and still today, we have been given a false choice between continued violence or overpolicing. Research has proven that overpolicing actually creates more violence. We need a different kind of policing. We need a different kind of criminal justice system. We need different interventions with people in crisis.