American cities have long struggled to reform their police – but isolated success stories suggest community and officer buy-in might be key
- Written by Thaddeus L. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University

The guilty verdicts delivered against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, represented a landmark moment – but courtroom justice cannot deliver the sweeping changes most Americans feel are needed to improve policing in the U.S.
As America...