Travis Washington is a two-time graduate of SIU, having received his Bachelor’s degree in University studies with a minor in Africana Studies and Speech Communication in 2017 and Master’s in Education Administration 2019. Travis is heavily involved in police reform. He is trying to pass a law called the “ Hands Up Act” that would punish police officers with a mandatory 15-year prsion sentence if they shoot someone unarmed; it has received more than 2.7 million signatures.
We are two months into the Biden administration, on the heals of a Trump administration that saw its first month in office include the signing of Executive Order 13769 -…