After reading the editorial, "Teaming to build a lasting trust between Austin Police and Community" from Austin American Statesman I felt good vibes. This editorial is about how two men, the head police officer of Austin Wayne Vincent and the president of NACCP Nelson Vinder are coming together to talk to minorities in Austin. Their whole goal is to create trust again and to educate the community on how to be arrested and inform them what is and is not ok when talking to a officer. The whole reason this mistrust skyrocketed was because of the fatal shooting of an 18 year old boy, Nathaniel Sanders. He was killed by an officer last year. Vincent wants to have the minorities to feel more at ease with police officers. He wants to get rid of the stigma that Austin cops are Anti-Latinos and Anti-African Americans. My only critique on the editorial was I was a little confused as to who the police officers were going to talk to and where? It mentioned a elementary school but I was shocked. I really do not think 2nd graders are going to care or really have the information stick. The author really gave Vincent and Linder lots of support and really made it a point to say that they were proud of the two and their courageous acts to keep this community together. I agree. I think that it is great that people care and want this community to stick together.In order for our community to remain one of the best (personally) it needs to come together and we need to respect one another. As much as we all do not "like" police officers they do protect us and keep our city patrolled and safe. I think that this is a great thing and hopefully more people will appreciate and respect police officers. Lets hope this can save some lives in the process!
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/teaming-to-build-a-lasting-trust-between-austin-828452.html
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