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Ohio Green Party endorses Columbus Civilian Review Board Initiative

By Jordan Willow Evans on August 12, 2015 4:47 AM

GP.org:

The Franklin County Green Party local of the Ohio Green Party is working with Black Lives Matter activists in circulating an initiative petition that will establish a community review board of the Columbus Police Department to investigate all citizen complaints involving excessive use of force.

The Civilian Review Board (CRB) will have subpoena power and make recommendations to city officials and police regarding policy, training, recruitment and discipline. Member of the CRB will be nominated by the neighborhood-based area commissions and approved by Columbus City Council. Statistics show that in 2011, Columbus was the second highest per capita in police shootings in the country.

Jordan Willow Evans

Jordan Willow Evans is an editor and policy analyst based in Goffstown, New Hampshire. She serves as managing editor of Independent Political Report and executive director of the Outsider Media Foundation, a nonprofit news organization focused on independent and alternative political movements. She has studied third parties and political outsiders since her student years.

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2 Comments

  1. Matt Cholko August 15, 2015

    Seems like a reasonable idea, in theory. But, who will decide who sits on this board?

  2. Steven R Linnabary August 14, 2015

    Kudos to my local Green Party!!

    But I have to wonder…did this news release get any traction outside the Columbus Free Press?

    PEACE

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