On Monday, June 29, 2020 at 12:00 pm, NC CRED hosted an interactive discussion about policing and racial justice. Topics included police brutality, qualified immunity, the “defund the police” debate, and racial justice in the wake of the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others which sparked demonstrations throughout the world calling for change.
Presenters:
Frank Baumgartner
Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina and author of “Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tell Us About Policing and Race”
Kami Chavis
Law Professor and Director of the Criminal Justice Program, Wake Forest University School of Law
Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis
Durham Chief of Police and President, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
Greear Webb
UNC-Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain Scholar and Co-Founder, Young Americans Protest
Moderator:
Thomas Maher
Executive Director, Center for Science & Justice, Duke University Law School
Host:
Stephen Raburn
Executive Director, NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities