Sentences with phrase «between white police»
Much more, of course, was involved in the shooting than the racial composition of the schools attended by Wilson and Brown, but it is hard to shake the feeling that a lack of contact and understanding — outside of confrontations — between white police officers and black citizens lies at the heart of this and too many other tragic encounters.
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Forging this kind of relationship created such a sense of trust that when the white police officer who trained me killed a young African - American male in an incident that was ruled to be a justifiable shooting in the mid 90s, there was no finger - pointing between the African - American community and the police department.
The online clashes between some of Sanders's white supporters and black voters came to a head after protesters interrupted the senator's speech at Netroots Nation in July, demanding he speak candidly about police brutality.
Mr. de Blasio urged the public not to «connect the dots» between the Gurley death and other incidents, like the Garner case and the uproar in Ferguson, Mo. after a grand jury failed to indict a white police officer for shooting to death a black teenager.
O'Neill's comments come after Mayor Bill de Blasio himself defended his decision to appoint another white, Irish commissioner at a time when tensions between police and communities of color are in the spotlight.
«Detroit» depicts the violence and anger, triggered by heightened racial tensions, between the city's largely black population and mostly white police force.
But the strongest scenes in «Straight Outta Compton» are the confrontations between these young black men and the LA police (both white and black officers), who harass, insult and physically beat them just because of who they are and the messages they're delivering in their songs.
A stellar cast which includes Gene Hackman, Laura Linney, Judy Davis and Ed Harris creates well - rounded characters that intensify a constantly spiraling game of cat and mouse between Whitney, local police and the highest levels of White House power.
Between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. every school day, two police officers in a white Ford van sweep the neighborhood.
Here is something worse than the current racial tensions in New Orleans and other cities: The outcomes caused by racial biases in our policing, schooling practices and stark economic inequality between black and white families.
In Angie Thomas» The Hate U Give, 16 - year - old Starr also attends prep school in a whiter, wealthier area, and she has to learn to speak up in an even - harder environment: she's the only witness to a policeman's unprovoked shooting of her unarmed friend, placing her and her family between the police, the media, and a local gang.