A public forum at Wake Forest University School of Law is focusing on police brutality and community relations. This comes after the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Charlotte last week, which spurred protests.
A panel of attorneys, professors and law enforcement personnel led the conversation Wednesday evening. The topics included use of body camera footage, usage of force and constitutional rights of protestors and building trust with police officers. Kami Chavis Simmons, director of the Criminal Justice Program at the law school, moderated the event.
“We talked about some of the underlying social issues that may have been a catalyst for some of the violence we saw," she says. "There are a lot of economic and racial disparities, but most importantly, we will talk about a path forward and create some concrete solutions so this does not happen in Winston-Salem.”
The event took place at the Worrell Professional Center. It was co-sponsored by the Criminal Justice Program, Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the American Ethnic Studies Program and the Wake Forest Sociology Department.
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