The Resilience: Combatting Police Violence through Policy and Public Safety


The National Civil Rights Museum hosted the first of the four-part national convening, “The Reckoning: Community Policing and Accountability” on March 30, weeks after Tyre Nichols’ death. Panelists (l-r) included: U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, sponsor of the George Floyd Act (TX)’ Alex Vitale, professor and coordinator of Policing and Social Justice Project; Cheryl Dorsey, retired LAPD sergeant and social justice advocate; moderator Joy Ann Reid, host of MSNBC’s The Reid Out”; Benjamin Crump, civil rights attorney and Wells’ family counsel; RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, parents of Tyre Nichols.

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