Sacramento Officer-Involved Shooting Prompts Calls For Transparency From Community, Police

From CBS Sacramento:

July 23, 2020 at 11:53 pm

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The city of Sacramento is dealing with another police shooting. Jeremy Southern, 22, was shot and killed after allegedly raising a gun at officers near Sacramento State this week.

Law enforcement has been under a microscope recently, but so have demonstrators calling for change.

While no one organization or group can speak for the entire Black community, there are differing opinions on how the community approaches these tough discussions.

“We know in the tensions that are in our community and nationally, one thing, one opportunity, one shooting could take us over the edge,” local community activist and founder of Voice of the Youth, Berry Accius, said.

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