Policing in America: Kerner Commission to 21st Century Policing

The Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
United States
August 2, 2017,
11:30 am to 2:00 pm

50 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11365, creating the Kerner Commission to examine the causes of the 1967 civil unrest throughout the country. The Commission identified one of the causes as poor police-community relations in Black and Brown communities, so where are we today? The program will confront policing in America 50 years later and screen "The Blood is at the Doorstep," a documentary chronicling the fatal police shooting of Dontre Hamilton. 

Featuring: 
- Paul Butler: Georgetown law professor and author of Chokehold: Policing Black Men
- Angela J. Davis: Washington College of Law Professor and author of Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution and Imprisonment
- The Family of Dontre Hamilton: Maria Hamilton, Nathaniel Hamilton Jr. & Dameion Perkins with Filmmaker Erik Ljung