POLICY
POLICY CHANGES A STOP NOT ENOUGH.
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. SHE IS A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AND SAYS PROFILING AND POLICE
BRUTALITY WILL CONTINUE IF WE
DO NOT GET TO THE ROOT OF THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. >>> TELLS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. >>> THE HISTORY OF LONG FORCE
THEM IN THE U.S. EVOLVED OUT OF
SLAVERY.
SLAVERY.
SLAVERY. IN THE CONTROL OF BLACK BODIES.
THE FIRST -- WAS TO CAPTURE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ENSLAVED
WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO RUN
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. AND
AWAY. AND IT GIVE THE POWER TO WHITE
MEN TO CAPTURE AND PUNISH THEM
PHYSICALLY.
PHYSICALLY. UNTIL WE HAD FORMALIZED POLICE
OFFICERS THAT WERE CREATED.
>> WHAT YOU SEE IS THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM AND HOW BLACK AND BROWN
PEOPLE ARE POLICE?
>>> WE CAN START WITH THE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. PEOPLE WERE BLACK, NATIVE
AMERICAN, AND LATIN HAVE A
HIGHER DIFFICULTY WITH CONTACT
OVER THE POLICE AND THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. A MAJOR PROBLEM I THINK IS
RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT
WITH A LACK OF TRUST THAT
PEOPLE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITIES.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PUBLIC
INCIDENTS OF MAIMING AND
KILLING BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY HAS REALLY UNDERMINED
THE AUTHORITY AND LEGITIMACY OF
OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
ARE POLICE IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
A RECENT STUDY RELEASED FROM
THE LIFETIME LIKELIHOOD OF
BEING MURDERED BY A POLICE
OFFICER IS ONE IN 1000 FOR
BLACK PEOPLE.
BLACK PEOPLE. THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
>> WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THAT
REBUILDING THE TRUST?
BECAUSE THE MISTRUST GOES BACK
GENERATIONS.
GENERATIONS. >> WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND
WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR IS
LENGTHENING THAT AND IMAGINING
WHAT POLICING IN OUR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT
REALLOCATING FUNDS FROM A LEGAL
SYSTEM INTO NEEDED SERVICES
THAT PEOPLE NEED IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. SO PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
MAKE CONTACT WITH POLICE OR A
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM IF THEY
HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
OR IF THEY HAVE A DRUG ADDITION
OR ALCOHOL ADDICTION.
DISMANTLING WHAT THE CURRENT
SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE AND TREATING
PROBLEMS BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE TO
BE ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED.
ONE BIG CONCERN IS MAKING SURE
THAT POLICE WHO ARE FIRED FOR
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR AT PRIOR
POLICE UNITS ARE NOT REHIRED.
I THINK THAT IS A KEY CHANGE
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND IT APPEARS TO BE A
RELATIVELY EASY CHANGE FOR THAT
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. I WAS ON A PANEL AND DOCTORS
WERE SPEAKING ON A PANEL AND WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT LEASING AND
DR. SAID MY RECORD FALLS ME FOR
MY LIFE.
MY LIFE.
MY LIFE. AND IT SHOULD FOLLOW ME.
IF I HAVE A MALPRACTICE CASE MY
NEXT PATIENT SHOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO KNOWING ABOUT MY
MALPRACTICE.
MALPRACTICE. AND THAT'S THE SAME WITH POLICE
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. WE NEED TO HOLD POLICE OFFICERS
TO HIGHER STANDARDS.
THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE
STATE BEHIND THEM AND A GUN ON
THEIR HIP.
THEIR HIP. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE
ANOTHER JOB WITH THAT MUCH
POWER AND CONTROL AND ABILITY
TO TAKE MY LIFE IN ANY
INSTANCE.
INSTANCE.
INSTANCE. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE
WHO SAY BLACKS COMMIT MORE
CRIMES THAN OTHER POPULATIONS
AND THAT IS WHY THEY
DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE TARGETED?
TARGETED?
TARGETED? >> MY QUICK RESPONSE WOULD BE
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
-- FORMED A RECENT CRIMINAL
JUSTICE TASK FORCE.
SOLELY TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION.
WITH EMPIRICAL DATA.
OVERREPRESENTATION DOES NOT
ACCOUNT FOR THE -- RACIAL
DISPARITY.
DISPARITY. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH MY
KIDS AND YOU HAVE WITH YOUR
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. THAT AFFECTED MOST EVERY FAMILY
OF CHILDREN OF COLOR.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE HIS MOTHER TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR
CHILDREN?
CHILDREN?
CHILDREN? >> I WANT, IF MY KIDS GOT -- IN
ANY SENSE OF DANGER THAT THEY
SEE A POLICE OFFICER -- I DON'T
WANT THEM TO BE SCARED OF THEM.
AT THE SAME TIME I NEED THEM TO
UNDERSTAND THAT MOMMY IS BLACK
AND THAT IS BLACK AND THEY ARE
BLACK.
BLACK.
BLACK. AND WE MIGHT BE INTERPRETED,
THEY MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS
BEING A THREAT.
AND HOW THEY NEED TO SEE -- TO
MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.
>> WHAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR
FAMILIES OF COLOR WILL NOT HAVE
THE CONVERSATIONS ANYMORE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT WILL
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. I
CHANGE. I TRIED TO BE OPTIMISTIC WHEN I
TEACH AND OPTIMISTIC OF MY
STUDENTS BUT WE'VE HAD FOR
YEARS OF THIS 400 YEARS AND
RACISM IS EMBEDDED IN OUR
SITUATION.
SITUATION. I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION BUT
THE STRUCTURAL DRAMATIC CHANGE
OF INSTITUTIONS, I WANT A
POLICE OFFICER THAT WILL SEE MY
BLACK SON THE SAME AS THEY SEE
THE WHITES ON.
I WANT THEM TO SEE A CHILD.
I KNOW IN CERTAIN TRAINING
INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
RACIAL DISPARITY AND IMPLICIT
AND EXPLICIT -- BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT IS THE NORM.
WE CAN HAVE CIVIL LAWSUITS
AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS AND
WITH LAWSUITS.
WITH LAWSUITS. IF WE DON'T HIRE A POLICE
OFFICER WHO HAS PRIOR HISTORY
OF USE OF FORCE.
THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES I THINK
ARE NEEDED IN ADDITION TO THE