Silicon Valley Leaders Discuss Police Reform

Silicon Valley Leaders Discuss Police Reform
A file photo of San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, attending the Pars Equality Center's Daryabari Iranian Community Center Opening in San Jose, Calif., on April 16, 2015. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Pars Equality Center
Ilene Eng
Ilene Eng
Reporter
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.⁠—Leaders in California’s Silicon Valley have made some reforms to law enforcement already following the calls for reform after George Floyd died in police custody. And they propose more, but caution against calls to defund the police.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said defunding the police would “hurt the very people who have suffered the most from systemic racism in this nation.” America’s wealthy will hire private security guards, he said in a June 8 press release, while everyone else will lack police protection.
Ilene Eng
Ilene Eng
Reporter
Ilene is a reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area covering Northern California news.
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