Kerner Report: Ep 6: The Police and the Community — Spark, Symbol, and Systemic Failings

Connie Morris revisits the Kerner Commission’s 1968 findings on policing in Black neighborhoods: police encounters that sparked unrest, abusive tactics that symbolized white authority, and the escalation of force that deepened mistrust. She connects those historical truths to modern cases and calls out the persistent denial of justice.

Episode six explores the spark of uprisings, the symbolism of oppression, and previews the next episode on how courts responded in emergency conditions and the trials faced by Black citizens.

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