PSD 05 | David Wright, Executive Director of BMA TenPoint
Park Street Dialogues
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The Distrust of Police in Black Communities
The killing of black men so quickly and so easily has to stop, right? That's the bargain basement, sort of ground level thing that i think of when i think of racial justice and racial equity. One of the most recent killings was a man, a blewas in philadelphia, who was having a mannic episode. And his family did not call the police. They called the e m t, but the police got there first. There was no attempt to deescolate the situation whatsoever. Distrust of police in black communities runs high because police have many police have proven themselves to be untrustworthy. When people come into scenarios where there is a lack of trust, the dynamics
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