How police-community relations can be improved
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MPR News and Twin Cities Black Journalists hosted a panel discussion on police-community relations, featuring three community activists and three local members of the National Black Police Association. Recently, there have been several violent interactions between Twin Cities residents and police officers. How and why does this happen, and how can it be prevented?
The moderator is MPR News reporter Brandt Williams. Community activists are Minneapolis Urban League president Steven Belton, Michelle Gross of Communities Against Police Brutality and former St. Paul NAACP president Nick Khaliq.
Police officers are Lt. Anthony Hines of Metro Transit Police, Suwana Kirkland, Ramsey County Sheriff's deputy, and Brooke Blakey of Metro Transit Police.
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