On Wednesday, members of the Calgary Police Service (CPS) gathered for a community panel discussion focused on the Black experience in Calgary.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.WATCH: Calgary Police Service members gathered for discussions surrounding the Black experience and the community’s perceptions of police. As Tracy Nagai reports, a former gang-member-turned-motivational-speaker hopes to break down barriers for youth new to Calgary.
“I’m teaching kids about respecting the law,” he said. “But at the same time, it’s hard teaching the youth when they come from countries where the police are corrupt.”
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