On the Record, 5/11: Students learn dark history close to home

>> I WAS HUNG IN 52.

>>> ARRESTED ON A FARM WHERE HE

WAS WORKING ON THE NORTH SIDE

OF APEX HE WAS BROUGHT TO THE

TOWN HALL TO THE POLICE STATION

. HE WAS BROTHER FOR

QUESTIONING BY BAGWELL.

THE POLICEMAN STARTED ASKING

HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT DID YOU

TAKE THE MONEY AND SO FORTH AND

HE GOT FRUSTRATED SO THE

POLICEMAN JUST SLAPPED

>> THE SCHOOL.

>> THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE ME

OUT INTO THE WOODS AND TO ME IN

AND LEAVE ME DOWN HERE.

>> SO THEY WALKED INTO THE

WOODS AND THREW THE ROPE OVER

THE LIMB OF A LARGE TREE AND

PUT THE NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK

AND THE TWO DEPUTIES PULLED HIM

OFF THE GROUND.

HE WAS DANGLING AND HE COULD

NOT BREATHE AND HE WAS CHOKING.

I DIDN'T DO IT.

THAT'S THE TRUTH.

>> IT WAS THIS TREE RIGHT HERE.

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

>> ALMOST 70 YEARS.

>> HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS

OFTEN IN HIS LIFETIME?

>> FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS HE

WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL.

I HAVE TRIED TO TALK TO HIM

BEFORE.

>> HE HAS FOUND GOD AND HE IS

READY TO TELL HIS STORY.

HE WOULD WEAR A SCARF AROUND

HIS NECK TO COVER UP THE SCAR

THAT WAS A ROPE BURN.

>> THE WAY HE WAS TREATED WAS

NOT AN ANOMALY.

IT SEEMED TO BE THE ML OF LAW

ENFORCEMENT AND THAT THERE.

>> IT WAS A STORY THAT NEEDED

TO BE TOLD BECAUSE IT WAS PART

OF THE LEGACY.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE

MORE OF THOSE COUNCILS THAT WE

DO NOT KNOW ABOUT.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU

FOR JOINING US.

I AM GERALD OWENS.

WE WILL LOOK AT A DARK TIME IN

HISTORY.

A TIME WHEN MANY OF PEOPLE THAT

LIVED IN FEAR OF POLICE

OFFICERS THAT WERE SWORN TO

PROTECT HIM.

IT WAS 1952.

LYNN COUNSEL WAS ARRESTED

ACCUSED OF STEALING $100 FOR A

FROM A STORE IN APEX.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WAS

INDICATIVE OF THE HORRORS OF

RACIAL BRUTALITY OFTEN SEEN IN

THE DEEP SOUTH.

JOINING US IS DORIS BATTLE HIS

MOTHER WAS ONE OF THE TEENAGERS

ARRESTED AND TOBY HOLLEMAN AND

APEX RESIDENT AND HISTORIAN.

>> THEY WERE QUESTIONED WHY

APEX POLICE CHIEF.

PICK UP THE STORY FROM THERE.

>> AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED AND

PLACED IN THE JAIL IN DOWNTOWN

RALEIGH THE NEXT DAY HE WAS

BROUGHT INTO COURT AND IN THE

COURT PROCEEDING HE WANTED TO

PLEAD NOT GUILTY. THEN HE WAS

SENT BACK TO JAIL AND THE NEXT

DAY WHICH WAS THURSDAY A COUPLE

OF SHERIFFS CAME TO HIS CELL

AND TOOK HIM OUT OF THE CELL

AND PUT THEM IN A CAR AND DROVE

HIM BACK TO THE AREA SOUTH AND

WEST OF RALEIGH WHERE THE

ALLEGED ROBBERY TOOK PLACE. AND

THAT WAS FOR THE HANGING

OCCURRED.

>> HE WAS HANGED ABOUT AN INCH

OFF THE GROUND.

THIS WAS DONE TO INTIMIDATE HIM.

>> YOUR MOTHER WAS PART OF THE

GROUP THAT WAS ARRESTED.

DID SHE TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT HAD

HAPPENED TO HER?

>> SHE DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

>> SHE WAS LIKELY ASHAMED.

THAT WOULD BE MY GUEST. WHEN I

TALK TO SOME OF THE OTHERS THEY

SAID THE FIRST TIME THEY

APPEARED ABOUT THE FATHERS

GETTING ARRESTED WAS WHEN THE

STORY AIRED.

>> YOU HAVE TALKED TO MANY

PEOPLE IN THE APEX BLACK

COMMUNITY WHO GREW UP BACK THEN.

THEY REMEMBER SAM BAGWELL THE

HEAVY-HANDED POLICE CHIEF.

WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU ABOUT

THEIR FEAR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY TORMENTED THEM. HE LIKED A

CERTAIN PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> HE LIKED BLACK WOMEN,

IRONICALLY.

>> HE DID.

>> THAT WAS ONE YEARS THAT WHEN

MY MOM WAS ARRESTED THAT HE MAY

BE HAD HIS WAY WITH HER.

BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL

HE SAID THAT THEY WERE IN THE

BACK SEAT.

MR. LYNN AND RAYMOND THAT MY

MOM WAS TALKING TO AT THE TIME

WAS IN THE FRONT.

HE WAS THE OLDEST OF THEM ALL

AND RAYMOND WAS IN THE MIDDLE

SO THAT WAS THE LAST ENCOUNTER

THAT I THINK MY MOM HAD SEEN IN

BAGWELL.

>> SAM BAGWELL HAD A REPUTATION.

IT WAS ABOUT THE CONFLICTS AND

THE RUN-INS THAT HE HAS HAD. HE

WAS BRUTAL.

>> THIS TYPE OF PERSON WOULD

NOT BE A POLICE OFFICER TODAY.

AT LEAST NOT VERY LONG.

BEFORE HE EVEN CAME TO APEX HE

HAD A REPUTATION AND THE NEWS

REPORTS HAD MENTIONED

ACCUSATIONS AND COURT HEARINGS

AND SO FORTH THAT HE

EXPERIENCED.

AND IN THE EIGHT YEARS THAT HE

WAS AT APEX, HE HAD A NUMBER ONE

THAT VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS ACROSS

THE STATE COVERED AT DIFFERENT

TIMES.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER MY

FATHER, WHO WAS AT SOME POINT

IN THIS TIME BECAME THE TOWN

ATTORNEY SAYING AT THE DINNER

TABLE THAT THEY HAD TO DO

SOMETHING ABOUT BAGWELL.

>> GET RID OF HIM.

>> YES.

BECAUSE HE WAS BRINGING ALL

SORTS OF IMAGE PROBLEMS BUT ALSO

CREATING LEGAL LIABILITIES FOR

THE TOWN.

THIS WAS OF DEEP CONCERN TO HIM

AND PROBABLY A LOT OF THE WHITE

LEADERS OF THE TOWN.

>> HE CAME WITH APEX TO BAGGAGE

. HOW WAS HE HIRED TO BE THE

POLICE CHIEF?

>> I PRESUME THE TOWN COUNCIL

HIRED HIM.

THEY WERE ALL BACK AND THAT

THEY WOULD HAVE AN ALL WHITE

MEN.

LEADING BUSINESS MEN OF THE

COMMUNITY.

AND APEX HAS HAD A SERIES,

QUITE A MEMBER OF POLICE CHIEFS

OVER ITS LONG HISTORY SO HE WAS

JUST ONE IN A SUCCESSION OF

POLICE CHIEFS AND HE WAS THERE

FOR EIGHT YEARS.

>> WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE

FROM PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER

BAGWELL AND WHO HAVE SEEN THIS

STORY.

>> THEY REALLY APPRECIATE

HEARING THE STORY.

A LOT OF THEM HAVE HEARD THE

STORY ALREADY AND THEY

APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION

GETTING OUT.

SOME OF THEM WOULD BE

EMBARRASSED TO SPEAK THEMSELVES

OR AFRAID, STILL AFRAID.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE

AFRAID OF BAGWELL EVEN THOUGH

THEY KNOW THAT HE IS DEAD.

>> ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?

THAT THEY COULD STILL BE AFRAID

OF HIM EVEN THOUGH HE IS GONE.

THE FEAR IS THAT DEEPLY ROOTED.

>> YES.

>> AND YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.

>> IT IS PALPABLE.

WHEN THIS STORY FIRST AIRED A

COUPLE MONTHS AGO AFTERWARDS MY

BROTHER WARREN WHO WAS A CO-

HISTORIAN WITH ME PUT ON OUR

WEBSITE APEX IS AMAZING. WE PUT

A COPY OF THE STORY AND THEN

STARTED A DIALOGUE AND AS A

RESULT OF THAT A NUMBER OF

PEOPLE RESPONDED.

SOME WHITE, SOME BLACK. AND

NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW

PERSONALLY GROWING UP.

THEY WERE ABOUT OUR AGE.

I WAS BORN THE YEAR THAT THIS

INCIDENT OCCURRED.

THE INTERESTING THING IS BOTH

WHITE AND BLACK IT SAID THAT

THEY TOLD STORIES ABOUT THEIR

PARENTS AND THEIR PARENTS

HAVING LEMONS.

>> IT DID NOT MATTER WHO YOU

WERE.

>> IN SOME SENSE HE WAS

NONDISCRIMINATING.

I THINK THAT HE WAS PROBABLY

HARDER ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

I DO NOT DOUBT THAT THERE WERE

MEMBERS OF THE WHITE COMMUNITY

FAMILIES AND THAT SORT OF THING

THAT ALSO SUFFERED.

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE PEOPLE

SAYING WE COULD NOT PAY HIM OFF

TO KEEP HIM AWAY.

SO HE KEPT COMING BACK TO

TROUBLE US IN ONE WAY OR

ANOTHER.

>> THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS

GROWN EXPONENTIALLY.

WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO TALK

ABOUT THIS EVENING.

WE WILL TALK TO SOME LOCAL

STUDENTS ARE RESEARCHED THE

LIFE AND HANGING AS A SCHOOL

>>> WE ARE JOINED BY A MIDDLE

CREEK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND

STUDENTS.

>> LET'S START WITH YOU.

YOU GAVE AND EXCITEMENT EXCITE

ASSIGNMENT AND YOU HAVE THE

STUDENTS RESEARCHING THE LIFE

AND HANGING.

>> ANY WAY THAT I COULD

POSSIBLY FIND TO GET THE

STUDENTS ENGAGED IN THE HISTORY

OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY ANYWAY

THAT I CAN FIND TO DO THAT I

WANT TO DO THAT.

I WANT THE THINGS THAT WE COVER

IN OUR CLASSROOM TO COME ALIVE.

I WANT THEM TO MAKE A

CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WORLD AS

IT IS TODAY IT IS THAT WAY

BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED

IN THE PAST.

>> WHAT WAS THE MOST COMPELLING

PART FOR YOU?

>> IT WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE

SITUATION AND THE CASE ITSELF

AND HOW EVERYTHING HAPPENED.

MOST IMPORTANTLY I LEARNED THE

RESILIENCE OF PEOPLE, OF

AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN SILENCED.

I LEARNED THAT EVEN FROM BAD

SITUATIONS YOU CAN STILL HAVE

GOOD OUTCOMES AND YOU CAN FIND

YOUR VOICE AND YOU CAN BE A

LIGHT TO OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE

VOICES HAVE BEEN SCIENCE.

>> CONNOR, TO THIS ASSIGNMENT

SAID CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION OF

THE HISTORY OF RACE RELATIONS

IN NORTH CAROLINA?

>> IT ABSOLUTELY DID.

I THINK I LIVE ON PIERSALL OF

ROAD AND LEARNING THAT THE

PIERCE FAMILY OWNS THE STORE

THAT WAS ROBBED AND KNOWING THAT

THE PLACE THAT WE LIVED ON THE

PLACE WE FREQUENTLY GO ARE

THESE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS.

WHETHER BIG OR SMALL IT IS

SOMETHING THAT IS INTERESTING

>> DO YOU SEE YOURSELF DOING A

SIMILAR LESSON OR ASSIGNMENT

WITH YOUR STUDENTS IN THE

FUTURE BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE

SEEN THEM DO AT THIS TIME.

>> I MADE A PROMISE TO COUNSEL

AT THE EVENT THAT HE WILL

BECOME A PART OF THE

CURRICULUM.

THIS HAPPENED WITHIN MILES OF

OUR SCHOOL.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS

IN OUR SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY KNOW

ABOUT THIS EVENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN I SEE THE IMPACT THAT HAS

ON STUDENTS.

WHEN I SEE HOW ENGAGED THEY ARE

WITH WHAT WE DO WE ARE

ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE

CONTINUING WORK LIKE THIS.

>> THESE KIDS HAVE GONE OUT AND

DONE THIS RESEARCH AND THEY

REALIZE THEY ARE PART OF A

REALLY GOOD ASSIGNMENT.

>> HAVING THESE GUYS IN A

HISTORY CLASS FROM THIS POINT

FORWARD THEY ARE KIND OF MY

PLANTS NOW IN OTHER CLASSROOMS.

WHEN TOPICS LIKE THIS COME UP

THEY ARE THE FIRST ONES WITH

THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR AND THEY

CAN TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN FROM

REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.

THEY CAN TALK ABOUT HAVING MET

WITH MR. COUNCIL AND HAVING A

CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND

THINGS THAT THEY DID WHERE THEY

GOT TO PRESENT ORAL HISTORIES

THAT WERE GATHERED BY HOLLEMAN.

THAT IS REAL LEARNING.

BETTER SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGING

LEARNING.

WE WILL BE CONTINUING THIS.

LIKE I SAID I MADE THAT PROMISE

TO MR. COUNCIL.

HE IS IN THE CURRICULUM.

>> THIS IS THE KIND OF CLASS I

WISH I HAD GROWING UP.

YOU ARE VERY FORTUNATE FOR

DOING THAT.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING IN.

THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL.

>>> COMING UP HOW LYNN

>>> LYNN COUNCIL'S STORY

RESONATED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE

ALTHOUGH HE WAS NOT ASKING FOR

FORGIVENESS THAT'S WHAT HE

RECEIVED.

>> THE LAST TIME LYNN COUNCIL

WALKED INTO THE APEX POLICE

STATION HE WAS 19 , IN

HANDCUFFS, CHARGED WITH A

CRIME.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

>> I AM DOING GOOD.

>> THE LAST TIME HE SAT BEFORE

THE CHIEF OF POLICE HE SAID HE

WAS SLAPPED ACROSS THE SPACE SO

HARD IT KNOCKED HIM TO THE

FLOOR.

THIS TIME WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT.

>> IN MY YOUNGER DAYS IT WAS

DIFFERENT.

>> A SYMPATHETIC POLICE CHIEF

LISTENED TO COUNCIL RECOUNT

THE JUSTICE HE ENCOUNTERED IN

HIS YOUTH.

BAGWELL, A MAN WITH A

REPUTATION FOR RACISM AND

BRUTALITY ARRESTED THEM IN 1952

ACCUSING THEM OF ROBBING A

STORE WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT

THEY ALL DENIED.

BECAUSE IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF

HIS JURISDICTION HE DROVE THEM

TO THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE WHERE HE WAS SINGLED OUT.

>> THEY BRING ME OUT OF

DETENTION.

>> Reporter: HE SAID THAT TWO

DEPUTIES HANGED HIM FROM AN OAK

TREE WHICH STILL STANDS ALONG

THE FARMER AND HOPING HE WOULD

CONFESSED TO THE CRIME.

HE SAID THEY LET HIM DOWN HE

DID NOT TALK.

THE DEPUTIES WERE NEVER CHARGED

NOR WAS CHIEF BAGWELL.

>> I CANNOT FIX WHAT HAPPENED

TO YOU BUT I CAN'T CHANGE THE

PAST BUT I CAN ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

I CAN ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN AND

POLICE DEPARTMENT APOLOGIZE FOR

THE INJUSTICE.

>> THEY SAY THAT BAGWELL DID

NOT DESERVE TO WEAR THE BADGE.

THE CHIEF TOOK ACTION REMOVING

THE BRICK FROM THE APEX WALK OF

HONOR.

A MEMORIAL TO PAST CHIEFS.

>> IT DID NOT SEEM FITTING THAT

HIS NAME BE DISPLAYED ALONG

WITH EVERYONE ELSE'S.

>> YOU COULD SAY LYNN COUNCIL'S

LIFE CHANGED AFTER OUR INITIAL

STORY . THIS VIP RECEPTION WAS

SOMETHING THAT HE NEVER

EXPECTED.

A MAN HIS PERSONAL INJUSTICE

STAY BURIED BESIDE HIM FOR ALL

OF THOSE YEARS WAS SUDDENLY A

HOUSEHOLD NAME.

>> I AM PROUD TO BE STANDING

HERE TODAY AS YOUR WAKE COUNTY

SHERIFF AND IN HONOR OF MR.

COUNSEL.

>> [APPLAUSE]

>> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AN

ENTIRE COMMUNITY NOW HONOR LYNN

COUNCIL 67 YEARS LATER.

>> I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

WE ARE JOINED BY GERALD BAKER

AND APEX POLICE CHIEF JOHN LET

ME.

YOU WERE NOT EVEN BORN WHEN

THIS HAPPENED BUT YOU NOW LEAVE

THE DEPARTMENTS THAT FAILED HIM

67 YEARS AGO.

ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL POINTS

OF THE CEREMONY WAS WHEN YOU

AND YOUR DEPUTIES WENT BY WAS

THAT MESSAGE JUST FOR HIM OR

WAS THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT

LARGE?

>> IT WAS THE COMMUNITY AT

LARGE.

TO KNOW THAT TO PERSONALLY MEET

SOMEBODY WHO IS BEEN THROUGH

SUCH AN EXPERIENCE I JUST FELT

HONORED AND PRIVILEGED JUST TO

BE THERE TO SAY THAT TODAY I AM

SORRY AND ON BEHALF OF THE

DEPARTMENT AND'S OFFICE I AM

SORRY THAT THAT HAPPENED TO

YOU.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE

THINGS NEVER HAPPEN TO ANYONE

AGAIN.

>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST

CHALLENGES THAT YOU BOLDFACED

IS EARNING THE PUBLIC'S TRUST.

WAS THAT A BIG PART OF THAT

EFFORT?

>> MOVE REMOVING THE BRICK WAS

JUST FOR DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.

THERE'S NEVER A LONG TIME TO DO

THAT.

WE DID NOT DO SO WITH THE IDEA

OF GETTING PUBLICITY OR

FANFARE.

WE DID IT QUIETLY AND PRIVATELY

BUT WE DID IT DELIBERATELY

BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED IT IS A

WALK OF HONOR.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT SERVED

OUR COMMUNITY WITH DISTINCTION

AND HONOR THEIR BAG BADGE AND

THE OTHER'S THAT THE CHURCH. WE

HAVE LEARNED THAT MR. BAGWELL

DID NOT DO SO.

IT DID NOT SEEM FITTING THAT

HIS NAME SHOULD BE DISPLAYED IN

THE SAME PLACE AS ALL THOSE WHO

SERVE SO FAITHFULLY OVER SO

MANY YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN

TERMS OF RACE RELATIONS IN THE

COUNTRY BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT

THE THINGS THAT GO ON TODAY IT

DOES NOT MATTER WHICH COMMUNITY

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

IT IS A DELL OF DELICATE WALK

THAT YOU WALK EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A LEADER TO

ENSURE THAT THE LAW WORKS FOR

EVERYONE THE SAME WAY?

>> THE HEADS OF OUR AGENCIES,

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO LEAD BY

EXAMPLE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR

OFFICE IS SERVED WITH INTEGRITY

AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOLD

PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR

ACTIONS.

WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.

WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.

WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE HUMAN

BEINGS WHO ARE TRAINED TO

ASSIST AND HELP OTHER HUMAN

BEINGS IN CRISIS.

THAT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN US AS LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICERS AND ANYONE ELSE.

WE ARE HERE TO HELP.

THAT DOES NOT MAKE US ANY

BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE OR

SEPARATE US FROM ANYONE ELSE.

IT JUST ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO

GO OUT AND HELP PEOPLE SERVE.

>> OUR MISSION STATEMENT ENDS

WITH WE RESPECT THE RIGHTS AND

DIGNITY OF ALL PEOPLE. WE TAKE

AN OATH.

WE HAVE AN OATH OF HONOR.

WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE

OATH OF HONOR AT EVERY PUBLIC

CEREMONY.

IT IS DISPLAYED ON A WALL IN

OUR ROOM.

OFFICERS DO NOT LEAVE ROLL CALL

WITHOUT SEEING THAT OATH OF

HONOR.

THEY ARE NOT ONLY REQUIRED BUT

THEY ARE SUPERVISED.

THEY ARE TRAINED AND THEY ARE

COMMITTED TO SERVING THE

COMMUNITY.

AS AN ACCREDITED LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WE HAVE

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN

PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE

RECRUITING, SELECTING, AND

HIRING THE BEST PEOPLE TO SERVE

THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE TRAINING IN AN AND WHAT

THE RESPONSIBILITY IS AND WE

CONTINUALLY GIVE THEM GUIDANCE

ON HOW TO CARRY OUT THEIR

DUTIES IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.

IT ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE AND

DOES NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS OR

DEGRADE IT.

>> HOW DOES THAT AFFECT LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS THEY

UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO

LYNN COUNCIL?

>> JUST TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY

THAT YOU WANT TO BE TREATED.

A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY COULD

BE TREATED THAT WAY IN THIS

COUNTY WHEN THEY HAVE

ASSOCIATIONS WITH LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

THAT ALONE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO

LET ANY NEW OFFICER COMING INTO

THIS PROFESSION GUIDE THEMSELVES

TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS

AND PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED

EQUALLY AND FAIRLY. THAT IS A

RULE.

THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE. WE DO

SIMILAR BY REMOVING PHOTOS OF

THAT TIME TO COMMEMORATE AND

MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE

WHAT RECORD WITH THEM.

SO TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT.

DEPARTMENT -WISE THROUGHOUT THE

ENTIRE CIVILIANS WARM IT IS

DIVERSITY TRAINING.

MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL THE

SAME.

>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT

JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE

COMMUNITY HAVE FOR PEOPLE DOWN

THE ROAD THEY MAY BE WEARING

THE BADGE AS WELL.

>>> THE TOPIC OF TONIGHT'S SHOW

MAKE SOME PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

IF WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT RACE

RELATIONS WE ARE LEFT TO ACCEPT

THE MINUTES LIMITS OF OUR OWN

BELIEFS.

WE ARE LEFT TO DISCOVER THAT WE

ARE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT.

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