Policing, Whiteness, and My Journey of Understanding

        May 6, 2023

Policing, Whiteness, and My Journey of Understanding
A racist system will always produce racist outcomes. We need to break down that racist system.

In the "greatest country in the world", we face a cruel existential crisis in NJ: the overlap of mental health, Blackness, and police violence. In just the past three years, NJ police officers have murdered Hasani Best in Asbury Park, Amir Johnson in Ventnor, Gulia Dale III in Newton, Bernard Placide in Englewood, and now, just weeks ago, Najee Seabrooks in Paterson. 
My latest piece in Public Square Amplified on how I think about police as a white person, a journey I’m still on. 
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