Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Law Enforcement, Race, and Reconciliation / [USA] National Crime Prevention Council, 2005

http://www.ncpc.org/ncpc/ncpc/?pg=2088-14434
"In King County, Washington, there were nine police officer-involved shootings of people of color in as many years. When each shooting was ruled justified, minority leaders in the community raised questions of bias, institutional racism, and racial insensitivity within law enforcement. But through the efforts of Dave Reichert, sheriff of King County, and Rev. Donovan Rivers, founder of the Apostolic Clergy Advisory Council, a summit on race and reconciliation was held. "