Community isn’t something I ever take for granted.
I have a coming-out story that’s probably very similar to lots of people who are my age: the fear of being rejected, the fear of losing your family and friends. You know, I worked through all of that, and that fear, and what that does to you, is pretty profound.
We have to get to a place in the city where our young officers understand that respectful, constitutional engagement with the community is their most powerful tool.
There’s things that you can learn by being in the room with people that’s different than talking to them over the phone or reading a policy paper.
But there are parents out there who feel like they have been shut out from the process of how their children are educated, and that’s never a good thing.
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