Last May the murder of George Floyd tipped off a wave of national protests that reenergized the criminal justice reform movement and launched the “defund the police” slogan right to the center of the national conversation. But now a year-and-a-half later amid a wave of worsening violent crime Bay Area leaders are beginning to strike a different tone as they signal support for stepped up law enforcement resources.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we dig into the Bay Area’s crime trends to try to find out what’s driving them and what this could all mean for the future of reform.

Guests: 

• Jonathan Simon, professor, UC Berkeley School of Law
• Cat Brooks, co-founder, Anti Police-Terror Project | executive director, Justice Teams Network
• Loren Taylor, Oakland City Council member 

Host: Keith Menconi