Weissman praised Lacey's vision, saying it has the potential to "dramatically improve" the way law enforcement interacts with those with mental illness and their families.
Reinforced by training on stemming implicit bias throughout the criminal-justice system, we can begin to see tangible differences in how law enforcement interacts with communities of color.
There is now a nationwide, colorblind call demanding a change in the way law enforcement interacts with the people they have sworn to protect.
As they do their jobs in the coming days, they need to work with the community, not against the community, to distinguish the handful of people who may use the grand jury's decision as an excuse for violence -- distinguish them from the vast majority who just want their voices heard around legitimate issues in terms of how communities and law enforcement interact.
4. Whether positions 1, 2 or 3 are the correct positions to take at this time, Christians should be concerned with the larger systemic pattern of injustice in America that occurs when a predominately white law enforcement interacts with African Americans in particular, as borne out by similar cases and by social science studies.
At four months old, my son was, I'm pretty sure, the youngest protestor at the #MillionsMarchSF event on 12/13/14, where thousands marched in San Francisco from the Ferry Building to City Hall demanding justice and a change in the way law enforcement interacts with civilians generally and communities of color specifically.
The log also mentions outside law enforcement agencies interacting with the deputies who manage inmates and informants.
Flight attendants are often the only people outside of government and law enforcement who interact with victims of human trafficking on a regular basis.
Police brutality toward people with mental illnesses is starting to receive some of the national attention it deserves — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton mentioned the issue during the first presidential debate — but data shows there are still enormous problems with the way law enforcement officers interact with mentally ill people.
Singh, who has an extensive history of working with undocumented individuals, said that the problem with the concept of sanctuary cities is lack of restraint on police noting how law enforcement who interact with someone who doesn't have documentation can still arrest and possibly attempt to deport that person if they want to.
