Episode 24: We R Allies LIVE with Guests Winslow Forbes, Jesse Burwell, & Terrence Sembly

Episode 24: We R Allies LIVE with Guests Winslow Forbes, Jesse Burwell, & Terrence Sembly

Thanks to those of you that joined us for our first live podcast recording! We truly enjoyed your questions, comments, and thoughts throughout the conversation. We were grateful to be joined by retired Durham PD executives Winslow Forbes, Jesse Burwell and Terrence Sembly for our newest series: We R Allies. During the show, our hosts and guests touch on the history of policing and the way Black officers have been treated over the years. Each retired police executive explains what got them into law enforcement and their experience as a Black officer, before discussing the circumstances around the death of George Floyd, and how the system should hold officers more accountable. They also discuss how complaints are handled or investigated within the police department, and the shifts that can be made in addressing those as well as the way officers are trained.

 

Winslow Forbes' youth organization: D.L. Forbes Youth Foundation

North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice

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