Changes Could Be Coming to the Way Selma Police Handle Protests
From the West Alabama Newsroom–
The deadly shootings of two black men by white police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota have sparked protests all over the country — and sent shock waves rippling through the law enforcement community nationwide.
In a city that helped shape the Civil Rights Movement, both officers and activists are weighing in.
Changes could be on the way to how protests are handled in Selma because of the recent shooting in Dallas.
The Dallas ambush was reportedly in response to the most recent deadly shootings of black men by white police officers.
Technology and social media are putting a spotlight on the shootings but Selma activist Faya Rose Toure says targeted violence against blacks is nothing new.
“This has been going on for 300 years,” said Toure. “Here in Selma we witnessed Bloody Sunday, Birmingham, four girls killed in a church and most of these killings in the south and the north took place without any consequences for the violators.”
Toure says she expects the protests to continue because they reflect people’s frustration with the nation’s broken criminal justice system.
