WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. — Local sheriffs and police chiefs worry about the trust issues people will have with their officers after what happened in Minnesota. These leaders expressed anger and frustration over the officer’s actions and reassured the community of the biased-based training local law enforcement is given. For Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson and Forsyth […]
by: Rasheeda Kabba
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. — Local sheriffs and police chiefs worry about the trust issues people will have with their officers after what happened in Minnesota.
These leaders expressed anger and frustration over the officer’s actions and reassured the community of the biased-based training local law enforcement is given.
For Winston-Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson and Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough, the death of George Floyd hit them personally and professionally.
Now they’re working to regain trust and repeat their belief in transparency. The conversations they are having are also happening in homes.
So how do we process images and videos of people being killed on social media and TV?
“People seeing images, the same images, over and over and over, that’s also going to have a psychological effect on the individual,” said Andy Hagler, with the Mental Health Association in Forsyth County.
