Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2015-01-28

Duration: 00:58:06

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | Law Enforcement | Race | African Americans

Contributors:

• Courtney, Beth Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Gautreaux, Kevin Producer
• Washington, Byron Interviewee
• Redman, Carl Interviewee
• Blanche, Fabian Interviewee
• Esman, Marjorie Interviewee
• Crump, Maxine Interviewee
• Durham, Missy Speaker
• Davis, Greg Speaker
• Navarro, Francisco Speaker
• McLennon, Marvin Speaker
• Corie, Sarah Speaker
• Landry, Bill Speaker
• Brown, Beverly Speaker
• Dodson, Jacques, Jr. Speaker
• Gregory, Kyomi Speaker
• Brown, Stacy Speaker
• Hyndman, Sarah Speaker
• Lewis, Gabrielle Speaker
• Jackson, Sherman Panelist
• Johnson, Ernest Panelist
• Moore, Hillar Panelist
• Diamond, Ray Panelist

This episode of the series “Louisiana Public Square” from January 28, 2015, features Shauna Sanford leading a discussion between the audience members and panelists on the relationship between law enforcement and the African American community following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. A background report on the topic precedes the discussion. It includes interviews with: Byron Washington, community activist; Carl Redman, retired executive editor of The Advocate newspaper; Fabian Blanche, the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police; Marjorie Esman of the ACLU Louisiana; and Maxine Crump of Dialogue on Race Louisiana. The audience members then discuss their views on how the media handled the issue of race in covering the events in Ferguson. A panel of experts then joins the audience to answer their questions. The panelists are: Chief Sherman Jackson of the Gonzales Police Department; Dr. Ernest Johnson, the president of the Louisiana NAACP; East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore, the president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association; and Ray Diamond, attorney and LSU law professor. They discuss: the relationship between the police and the communities they serve; neighborhood watch groups; sensitivity training for police; restoring trust between the community and law enforcement; filing complaints against police officers; how to interact with the police; the cycle of distrust; the ongoing conversation about race; the use of police body cameras; who polices the police; and the militarization of the police. Hosts: Beth Courtney and Shauna Sanford