Youth/Police Conference: I Can't Imagine Anything Different

Many view strained relations between police and minority youth as difficult if not impossible to change. They see the status quo as intractable. What is the impact of such attitudes? Is there reason to believe that relations can improve? What do constructive youth/police relations look like? How can police and youth work together to build better relationships?

• LaCreshia Birts, Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission's Youth Advisory Board; Black Youth Project 100 Chicago
• Demitrous Cook, Chief of Police, Glenwood IL
• Adam Green, Associate Professor of American History, Department of History, University of Chicago
• Chris Magnus, Chief of Police, Richmond, California Police Department
• Jonathan Masur, John P. Wilson Professor of Law and David and Celia Hilliard Research Scholar, University of Chicago Law School
• Moderator: Steve Edwards, Executive Director, University of Chicago Institute of Politics
• Moderator: Jamie Kalven, Invisible Institute

This panel discussion was recorded at the Youth/Police Conference at the University of Chicago Law School in April 2015.