New York dismisses 644,000 old warrants for minor offenses to reform its policing practices

Police reform advocates have been working at federal, state and local levels to increase police accountability and transparency. There have been a series of wins at all levels over the last few years—though with Jeff Sessions as the head of the Justice Department progress on federal oversight of policing is likely to be rolled back decades. Still, with pressure, New York City has been steadily making its policing policies fairer and still has a way to go. This week, it continued to move forward by dismissing old warrants in an effort to reduce the number of people in the courts....
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