Community activists: Communication key before and after shootings involving law enforcement

Name: Community activists: Communication key before and after shootings involving law enforcement
Uploaded: 2022-01-13T03:35:35.000Z
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: Tru Pettigrew, who has brought police and residents together for dialogue at Triangle barbershops, said having an open dialogue between police and the community starts with a willingness to be honest.

Tru Pettigrew, who has brought police and residents together for dialogue at Triangle barbershops, said having an open dialogue between police and the community starts with a willingness to be honest.

Posted 1/13/2022, 3:35:35 AM

BEGINNING AT 4:30 A.M.

>>> 12 DAYS INTO THE NEW YEAR

AND ALREADY FOUR DEADLY

SHOOTINGS INVOLVING LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OUR

AREA.

THAT HAS SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ON

EDGE.

JULIAN GRACE IS LIVE WITHOUT

POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY CAN

KEEP LINES OF COMMUNICATION

OPEN.

>> Reporter: EXPERTS I SPOKE

WITH SAY IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING

TRANSPARENT LIKE EXPLAINING THE

BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END.

ALSO WHY CERTAIN DECISIONS ARE

MADE.

DREW PETTIGREW HAS A TALENT

BRING OFFICERS AND RESIDENTS

TOGETHER FOR DIALOGUE.

HE HAS DONE IT BEFORE INSIDE

BARBERSHOPS IN THE TRIANGLE.

>> YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

>> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER

SHOTS ARE FIRED AND

DEMONSTRATIONS START?

HOW DO YOU OPEN DIALOGUE

BETWEEN POLICE AND THE

COMMUNITY?

DREW SAYS IT STARTS WITH THE

WILLINGNESS TO BE HONEST.

>> ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT AND

ADDRESS THE UNCONSCIOUS BIASES

WE ALL HAVE IN AN EFFORT TO

ENSURE WE ARE LEVERAGING OUR

COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES?

>> Reporter: 12 DAYS INTO THE

NEW YEAR AND WE HAVE SEEN FOUR

DEADLY POLICE SHOOTINGS IN THE

TRIANGLE.

>> I HEARD GUNSHOTS AT 3:30 IN

THE MORNING, THEN POLICE.

>> Reporter: ONE IN GRAHAM

COUNTY, FAYETTEVILLE, RALEIGH,

THE LATEST ONE HAPPENED IN

DURHAM.

SUICIDAL MAN CUT HIMSELF AND

ATTACKED THE CLERK BEFORE BEING

SHOT AND KILLED BY OFFICERS.

POLICE AND RESIDENTS BUS BE

WILLING TO SIT AND TALK WITH

EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR

PERSPECTIVES BEFORE AND AFTER

SHOOTINGS HAPPEN.

>> ALL STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.

THE POLICE ARE PART OF THE

COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE PART

OF THE COLLECTIVE.

WE ARE ALL PART OF THE

COMMUNITY.

WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE TALKS

ARE DONE, HE SAYS FOLLOW-UP

MUST BE DONE TO ENSURE

RESPONSIBILITY IS TAKEN BY ALL

PARTIES INVOLVED.

>> I CHALLENGE THEM TO

ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITY

RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER

AND THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT

IMPACT THE OUTCOMES WE ARE

SEEING.

>> Reporter: HE SAID IT OVER

AND OVER AGAIN, WE ALL HAVE A

ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS.