University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 9.1990
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Police are racist, citizens say
Residents tell task force that officials may act unknowingly
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence citizens told members of a local task force last night that racism exists in law enforcement and that better education is needed to inform officials who may not realize they are discriminatory or racist.
Virgil Bradl of Lawrence told the Lawrence Task Force on Racism, Discrimination and Human Diversity that it was impossible racism did not exist in the Lawrence Police Department.
Brady said, "That is not a slam on the Lawrence Police Department. I just think racism is a part of our culture."
Last night's law enforcement forum at South Park Community Center, 1141 Massachusetts St. was the third of eight scheduled public meetings where Members of the task force are gathering information about racial problems in Lawrence and will present their findings to the Lawrence City Commission in March. Included are discussions to discriminatory problems.
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Becca Vaughn of Lawrence agreed police officers needed to be better
That is not a slam on the Lawrence Police Department. I just think racism is a part of our culture.
— Virgil Brady Lawrence resident
She said it would be helpful for citizens if attorneys scheduled legal forums to teach people about basic legal actions.
educated about racism but said that other people needed to be better educated as well.
"People don't know the proper procedures, and they don't know their own rights," she said.
Cynthia Turner of Lawrence said that she thought race relations in Lawrence had improved since race relations were made clear that was not the case any longer.
"We're almost worse off than we were before," she said. "You can't
make anyone love each other, but you can make them respect each other."
Turner also told the group she was concerned that more young Black men did not attend the forum.
Brady told the group of about 15 people that Black men probably did not come to the forum because they would not feel comfortable relating personal stories to people they did not know or trust.
Ann Weick, task force chairperson,
told the group that people who did not feel comfortable speaking in public were not fully aware of the task force speak to task force members alone.
Vaughn said she was concerned that Lawrence police officers were not quick to respond to problems concerning minorities.
"I'm not trying to be too general, but something happens with someone White in our community, and they find something or pin it on someone or they get it taken care of," she said. About minorities, she said, "It's like a disease of an attitude or, Well, this may not be quite important."
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