“White cops [are] willing to sacrifice their lives… for communities of color,” said former Dallas Police Chief David Brown during a Sunday-aired interview with CBS’ John Dickerson for Face The Nation:
“Officers are willing to sacrifice their lives for these communities. That they give their all, particularly white cops. It’s still, in many department, a majority white officers are — are on the police force and they go into these communities and they risk their life.
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There’s no question that the — the cop on the beat is sacrificing and — and committing their life to protect all of us, including communities of color.”
Brown added that “communities of color” are often treated differently than white communities:
“But at the same time, I don’t think there’s a contradiction in saying that communities of color do get treated differently by those few officers that don’t deserve to be in the profession. And there’s a small number, but for these communities, this becomes their worldview.”
Brown shared an anecdote from his childhood during desegregation:
“Yes, Mike Shillenburg (ph). A real quick story. In sixth grade I was part of busing, desegregation in this country, and I was bussed to an all-white school. Mike Shillenburg was a white kid. Obviously you can tell I’m black. And we were both 11 years old. And he invited me home for dinner because he saw the difficulties I was having in school. And that transformed my world view of race because Mike’s mom brought out two pot pies and we sat and had dinner and we became best friends. We’re friends today. And God knows what I would be thinking about people if Mike hadn’t invited me home for dinner. So, again, my takeaway is, see you at dinner. Let’s — let’s not be so divided.”
Watch the interview below.
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