Wed 2/10 @ 6-7:30PM
Back in 2015, when President Obama was still in office, the U.S. Department of Justice entered into a Consent Decree with the city of Cleveland over the police department’s use of excessive force, one of many it entered into across the country. Enforcing them was subsequently abandoned by Trump. Now there’s hope that a new regime at the justice department will again look into making sure police departments abide by these agreements.
How’s Cleveland doing? What policy changes has it made? How has it changed its recruitment and training programs and how it holds officers accountable? Supposedly it has made some changes, but many in the Black community will roll their eyes at that, especially after the news that Timothy Loehmann, the officer who killed Tamir Rice and lied about how it happened, is trying to get his old job back.
The United Way of Greater Cleveland and Cleveland NAACP are hosting a series of conversations to share information with the community and hear what people in the community are thinking. This month’s conversation is the second (There will be ten in all). Panelists include police chief Calvin Williams, Ward 7 (Hough) councilman Basheer Jones, CSU urban studies professor and interim chief diversity officer Dr. Ronnie A. Dunn, CWRU law professor emeritus and members of the Community Police Commission Lewis Katz, and Brian Maxley, Cleveland Police Monitoring Team deputy monitor. The panel will be moderated by WVIZ/WCPN host/producer Rick Jackson, host of ideastream’s Sound of Ideas.
Go here to participate.