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Critical Resistance

  • Oakland, CA
  • crnational@criticalresistance.org
  • (510) 444-0484

A toolkit on the “Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue” policy statement made in 2018 by the American Public Health Association (APHA) that shares ideas about the action steps, organizing talking points, and a worksheet for implementing the APHA statement where you are.

“While public safety is essential for public health, as a society we have delegated this important function almost exclusively to law enforcement. Evidence of continued law enforcement violence shows that U.S. policing has failed to equitably deliver safety, placing an inequitable burden of mental and physical harm on socially and economically marginalized populations”
– “Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue,” 2018 American Public Health Association policy statement

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