Calif. releases slave reparations report today, and it addresses police violence, neighborhood blight

The report, which runs 500 pages, will be the first government-commissioned study on harms against the African American community since 1968.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods.

It also recommends the creation of a special office that would, in part, help African Americans descended from free or enslaved Black people in the country at the end of the 19th century document their eligibility for financial restitution.

The report, which runs 500 pages, will be the first government-commissioned study on harms against the African American community since the 

The post Calif. releases slave reparations report today, and it addresses police violence, neighborhood blight appeared first on TheGrio.