Charles Morgan CEOs Call For Police Reform

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The Business Roundtable is calling for significant police reform. In a statement released Wednesday, the influential group of nearly 200 CEOs urged Congress to pass police reform before lawmakers’ August recess and amid calls to defund law enforcement.

“We have a moral imperative to ensure everyone in our country is treated fairly in our justice system,” AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson said in the statement.

The ongoing Black Lives Matter protests have sparked changes across Corporate America in recent weeks, including a turnabout on brand names and imagery that are rooted in racism and the ouster of prominent executives.

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Quiz Yourself

The U.S. spends roughly __ as much on law enforcement as it does on social welfare programs.

A) Twice
B) Three times
C) Four times
D) Five times

(Answer located at the bottom of this newsletter.)

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Quiz answer: (A) The U.S. spends roughly double on law enforcement what it does on social programs.