testified at trial<\/a>\u00a0that police told him to \u201cgo home,\u201d and he turned himself in the next day. He was acquitted of all charges after arguing self-defense.<\/p>\n\u201cA few folks said at the time, if Kyle Rittenhouse was a young Black man, he wouldn\u2019t have made it out of Kenosha that night. He might not have ever made it to a trial,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Rahman also cautioned against viewing high-profile incidents in a vacuum. She said people need to consider everyday interactions with the police, which along with arrests happen at a disproportionate and often more dangerous level for Black people.<\/p>\n
The difference has been noted in Buffalo, said Jillian Hanesworth, 29, the city\u2019s poet laureate and director of leadership development at Open Buffalo, a nonprofit focused on social justice and community development.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see how Black and brown people get treated by the police,\u201d she said, that police don\u2019t hesitate to \u201ctake deadly action against Black and brown people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mart\u00ecn Sabelli, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said historically there has been a racial divide in the U.S. that affects every aspect of the criminal legal process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe perception of racism is perpetuated because it\u2019s rooted in a reality,\u201d Sabelli said, noting the impact of implicit bias on policing has been studied extensively. \u201cWe are unfortunately in the process of trying to reverse decades or even longer of explicit racism in many police departments around the country and that is often aggravated by implicit bias that exists at a subconscious level. And unfortunately it taints these encounters by subconsciously making officers believe a person of color is more dangerous than a white person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank Straub, director of the National Policing Institute Center for Targeted Violence Prevention, said he hoped there\u2019s a rethinking of how police respond to situations, in the wake of what the public has seen of disparate treatment in recent years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe the fact that these videos are out there … hopefully that now is impacting how officers are being trained to respond to arrest situations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Chuck Wexler, executive director of Police Executive Research Forum, an organization dedicated to improving the professionalism of policing, said Buffalo\u2019s Gramaglia asked his group for help with de-escalation training last year as a deputy commissioner.<\/p>\n
The specific training is known as ICAT, for integrating communication assessment and tactics. Wexler\u2019s group trained Buffalo\u2019s police trainers on the tactics in February 2021, he said, adding that the department had not completed that training with all of its officers yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat gives you a sense of how the department was thinking,\u201d Wexler said. \u201cIt\u2019s communication, slowing things down, using time and distance and cover, rather than rushing into a situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you have to look at the facts and training and tactics and realize every situation is different,\u201d Wexler said. He noted that a security guard, who was a former police officer, shot at the gunman as he stalked the aisles inside Tops Friendly Market. The guard was killed.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the situation changed,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know all the facts, but when the suspect came out, officers might have a different perception of whether he was an immediate threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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