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MAPB is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic coalition uniting Mothers nationwide to fight for civil rights, police accountability, and policy reform.

11/01/2026

District attorneys decide whether officers get charged. Sheriffs run their offices and jails. City councils and county commissioners approve police budgets and settlements. Judges rule on cases involving officers.

Depending on where you live, some of these offices are on your ballot. Some ballots also carry police-related measures.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.

Which of these offices are on yours, and where does each candidate stand on police accountability?

What would you want them to do if they win? Tell us why.

10/31/2026

In many places, whether an officer's use of deadly force was legal comes down to one question: did the officer reasonably fear for their life in that moment? Courts judge it from the officer's point of view.

The person who was shot may have feared for their life too. Was that fear reasonable, and who gets to decide?

In J.D.B. v. North Carolina (2011), the Supreme Court ruled that a child's age matters in how a reasonable person would feel during police questioning, because a child can feel pressured when an adult would feel free to walk away. If age changes how a reasonable person feels in front of police, does it change what fear is reasonable?

Children have less experience and fewer ways to protect themselves, and they may panic or freeze. When an officer says they were afraid, how much does that count, and how much does the other person's fear count?

10/30/2026

Some cities borrow money to pay police settlements.

A 2018 Action Center on Race and the Economy report looked at 12 cities and counties that issued bonds to pay them, and the interest and fees can nearly double the cost.

Chicago borrowed $709 million for settlements, including police misconduct cases, starting in 2010, and the report said that would cost taxpayers more than $1 billion in interest.

City councils and county commissioners usually approve settlements, and many of them are on ballots. What would you ask them?

10/29/2026

Qualified immunity is a court-made doctrine that can end a civil lawsuit against an officer unless the law they broke was clearly established.

Colorado's 2020 police reform law, SB 20-217, created a new way to sue officers for violating rights under the state constitution, and qualified immunity can't be used as a defense.

Employers must still cover their officers, unless the agency decides the officer didn't have a good-faith, reasonable belief that what they did was legal. Then the officer owes 5% or $25,000, whichever is less, and if that can't be collected, the agency pays it all.

No one tracks how often that has happened, and we found no public record of it. One city, Greenwood Village, even passed a resolution saying it would never find bad faith, and in 2021 state lawmakers had to change the law to stop employers from ruling in advance.

Do you know who represents you in your state legislature, and where each candidate stands on making officers personally liable?

10/29/2026

A Washington Post investigation tallied nearly 40,000 payments from 2010 to 2020 across 25 of the largest police and sheriff's departments.

More than 7,600 officers were named in claims that led to more than one payment. More than 1,200 were named in at least five, and more than 200 in ten or more.

These settlements rarely include an admission of wrongdoing, and many cities don't track which officers keep showing up. Elected officials approve them.

Do you know which offices on your ballot approve these payouts, and where each candidate stands on officers with repeat claims?

10/27/2026

UCLA law professor Joanna Schwartz studied 81 law enforcement agencies from 2006 to 2011.

In the largest, $735 million was paid across 9,225 cases, and officers paid $171,300 of it. In the smaller ones, officers paid nothing. Officers never paid punitive damages, even when they were disciplined or fired for what they did.

Do you know who on your ballot could change these numbers, and what each candidate has said about officers paying their share? How much does that matter to you when voting?

10/26/2026

Most places have state or local laws, and sometimes union contract terms, promising a sued officer a lawyer and that the government will pay any settlement or judgment. It's called indemnification.

Supporters say officers shouldn't lose everything over a lawsuit tied to their job.

Critics say it means the person accused never feels the cost.

Do you know which offices on your ballot have a say over these laws and contracts, and where each candidate for them stands on who pays?

What would you want the people you vote for to change about that?

10/25/2026

If you could change just one thing about how officers are held accountable, what would it be? Tell us what made you choose it.

10/24/2026

What would make a department care sooner? Tell us what you think and why.

10/24/2026

Who can revoke an officer's license where you live? Does your state report those officers anywhere other departments can see? If you wouldn't know who to ask, that's worth saying too. What would you want to find out first, and where would you start?

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Dallas, TX

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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+12149898888

Website

http://mothersagainstpolicebrutality.org/, https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/justice-for-george-floyd-2

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