"We are rising up against all the ways that the criminal-legal system has harmed and failed to protect Black communities. The current moment requires a solution that fundamentally shifts how we envision community-care and invest in our society. History is clear that we cannot achieve genuine safety and liberation until we abandon police prisons and all punishment paradigms."

"In August 2020, the US Crisis Monitor — a joint project of ACLED and BDI — released supplemental data extending historical coverage back to the week of George Floyd’s killing in May 2020. Find a review of key trends below, as well as a summary of the data release here. Definitions and methodology decisions are explained in the US coverage FAQs and the US methodology brief. For more information, please check the full ACLED Resource Library."