Futterman on ABA "Perspectives of Race, Communities and Policing" Panel
Building trust between police and community will take work, ABA panelists say
Law professor Futterman showed a powerful video of black boys and girls he interviewed at Chicago’s Hyde Park Academy, in which student and after student told of how they are stopped, questioned and frisked almost on a daily basis in their neighborhoods “just because they are the police,” said one male student.
“High school kids have taught us that accountability is a necessary component of righteous policing,” Futterman said. “Accountability is a necessary component for kids to see police as legitimate. Earning trust starts with honesty. When kids and their families start seeing police departments and the machinery of accountability working the way it is supposed to work, the confidence and trust grows. With that trust, comes cooperation and assistance. With that trust, comes a far more effective police department. That is what accountability looks like. And that is righteous policing. That is real fairness. That is legitimacy.”
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