CHARLOTTE — Days after authorities in Memphis, Tennessee, released videos of a Black man being brutally beaten by the police, WSOC-TV journalist Ken Lemon spoke to a group of local officers about the need for a change in policing. They discussed the deep — sometimes tense — relationship between the police and race, which is a reality that people in front of and behind the badge face.
WEEKEND WATCH: A conversation with Black officers
“The Carolinas get real” — as another death at the hands of police launches a more significant push for police reform.
WEEKEND WATCH: A conversation with Black officers
“If you think that it’s bad, or there is corruption, the only way it changes once again is when you step inside and make those changes from within,” said former Gaston County Police Department Chief James Buie Jr.
