
These recent weeks have been tough for both the African-American community and law enforcement after killings of African-American males by law enforcement and then retaliation by one man who killed several police officers. As I’m writing this three more officers have been killed and three wounded in Baton Rouge. Passions are high. There were and still are protests in cities across the country. Almost every public figure who spoke out said something along the lines of ‘the killing must stop’. We as a nation, the African-American community and law enforcement are challenged to come up with a solution to end the violence and unnecessary taking of lives.