Civil Rights : Policing, Discretion & Race in Cambridge Part II

The Men of Color Task Force hosted the panel discussion Civil Rights : Policing, Discretion & Race in Cambridge at the St. Paul A.M.E. Christian Life Center in Cambridge last Thursday, Feb. 11. A follow-up to last Julys controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his Cambridge home, the panel was introduced by interim mayor Ken Reeves and moderated by Richard Harding. The keynote speaker was Northeastern School of Law professor Deborah A. Ramirez, who is also the executive director of the Partnering for Prevention and Community Safety Initiative (Pfp). Professor Ramirez joined the other panelists, who included former Cambridge Police Commissioner Perry Anderson, local hip hop artist Imam Fimin, activist and journalist Irene Monroe and Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker.

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