De Blasio takes Obama pledge to improve policing
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took a pledge to improve police oversight and address extrajudicial police force.
On Monday, Aug. 31, the mayor spoke with reporters on adapting the Obama Foundation’s (former President Barack Obama) pledge directed toward mayors and city councils around the country to review use of force policies, engage the community with diverse ranges of input in the review, report the findings of the review back to the community and through that, reform police use of force.