OPINION_ Police foundations should be part of the criminal justice solution

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Police foundations should be part of the criminal justice solution

by Washington Examiner, | | September 22, 2020 12:09 AM


Under the guise of police accountability, social justice activists are trying to sever the ties between corporations and police foundations. Their efforts only serve to undermine police accountability and the beneficial community programs in which police foundations actually participate.

The online racial justice group Color of Change is reaching out to banks and large corporations, demanding that they cease donations to police foundations. Some, such as Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, have already relented. This is a mistake, driven by the false assumption that isolating police and police foundations increases accountability.

Take, for instance, the $50,000 Wells Fargo gave to the Atlanta Police Foundation last year. The donation was no blank check but was a grant to provide police officers with affordable housing in the neighborhoods they serve. This allows for the exact kind of accountability our society should want from police officers. It encourages good policing. Instead, Wells Fargo has paused all future donations.

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The social justice impulse to punish police officers and police departments must be rejected by companies that engage with and contribute to police foundations and by the activists who profess to be fighting for police accountability. As is often the case, collaboration is the best path forward, and it should be encouraged.

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