Ep. 28 Can Holistic Strategies Curb Violence in Los Angeles? Feat. Connie Rice

MHD Off the Record

Connie Rice, is a lawyer and author renowned for coalition legal cases and campaigns that fight systemic injustice to advance multiracial democracy. Her work has won over $10 billion in damages and policy changes that expanded safety and opportunity for millions in poor neighborhoods. Rice’s advocacy has earned over 50 major awards and prompted Los Angeles Magazine to call her “the voice for LA’s oppressed. In 2013, Rice won the John W. Gardener Award for being “the indispensable architect of the transformation of…Los Angeles’ approach to both policing and to its longstanding gang epidemic.” In 2014, President Barack Obama appointed Rice to his President’s Taskforce on 21st Century Policing. Former LAPD Chief of Police Charlie Beck, whom Rice sued before becoming an ally, called Rice, “The Conscience of [Los Angeles].”

Resources:

Article: www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-15/police-los-angeles-lapd-karen-bass-michel-moore-dominic-choi

Article: www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-12-11/los-angeles-police-department-community-safety-partnership

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