From the article: "...When an adult is dealing with a child, you have to remember that this is an adult and you’re dealing with a child who has only been on this Earth for nine or 10 or 12 years,” Samaria Rice said. “My son was not committing a crime that day. He was playing in the park.”
Charmin Leon, who spent 13 years as a Cleveland police officer before joining the Center for Policing Equity, a Los Angeles-based think tank, said a new policy is not enough if police can’t find, hire and retain the right people.“
Do we need good policies? Absolutely, but at the end of the day you have to have people who care enough to follow those policies,” said Leon, who also serves on Cleveland’s Community Police Commission, a group of local leaders and police who provide community input for policing changes..."
By Abbie Vansickle and Jamiles Lartey
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