This chapter discusses the unrest in Ferguson and the subsequent Department of Justice report confirming discriminatory policing practices targeting black residents, leading to momentum for policy change and police reform. It explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the killing of George Floyd on traffic policing and the correlation between reduced enforcement and increased traffic deaths.
Across the country, traffic deaths are spiking. Vox’s Marin Cogan tells the tragic story of one grisly crash in Washington, DC, and we ask whether changes to traffic policing could be partly to blame.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Serena Solin and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Herman, and hosted by Noel King.
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