We must help our nation acknowledge and act on the fact that racism still holds back far too many.
Monday’s final budget meeting was unlike anything the San Diego City Council has seen before.
Supporting both our communities of color and our Police Department cannot be mutually exclusive goals.
I’m determined to continue doing the work to create a system that uplifts our communities of color.
It’s clear that San Diego needs to rethink how it allocates and prioritizes funds — and frankly that’s the case all across the country.
Disbanding or defunding the San Diego Police Department would be a terrible mistake for our city.
These past few months we’ve pulled together as a nation and we’ve made the changes needed to save lives in a pandemic.
We as a community must decide what we want out of our government and what we are willing to pay for.
We cannot squander this opportunity for lasting reform. We need to do it right.
We need to return to officers out of their patrol cars and walking their beat, connecting with residents and business owners.
We always want to blame somebody else for racism.
There were only 27 days in 2019 where police did not kill someone in our country.
It is time for San Diego to address systemic racism.
I believe we should focus our efforts on improving the broader criminal justice system, not just policing.
Early in my legal career, I was a civil rights lawyer in Mississippi.
Over the past two weeks, our country has experienced a transformational moment in policing and race relations of almost unimaginable proportions.
While San Diego has come a long way in reforming our Police Department, there are still broader perception issues that exist for many citizens.
We have all read their names and listened to their stories — the countless lives lost due to the systemic racism our country was built on.
The real question for those of us who are not Black is whether or not we are truly listening.
