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Violence Is No. 1 Social Justice Issue in Black Communities: Rev. Markel Hutchins
Police secure the scene of a shooting in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood in Chicago, Ill., on July 21, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Petr Svab
By Petr Svab
3/10/2023Updated: 3/15/2023
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Black and brown Americans are doing themselves a disservice by concentrating their social justice activism around animosity toward the police, according to longtime civil rights leader Rev. Markel Hutchins. Instead, these communities need to find ways to build a productive relationship with the police, turning “adversaries into allies,” he says.

“In a lot of media accounts, and a lot of reports, and particularly on social media, the relationship between law enforcement and communities is often reduced to the law enforcement-involved tragedies that we see highlighted,“ he told The Epoch Times. ”But the truth of the matter is, the biggest strain between law enforcement and communities is around high violence.

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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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