Activists in Oakland are Pushing for Better Research Around Police Violence and Community Trauma [psmag.com]

Alicia Doktor 5/30/184:00 AM

Cat Brooks hears firsthand the anxiety in her neighbors' voices when talk turns to the police. She sees the fear in their eyes when a cruiser drives down the street.

Police violence can have a ripple effect on communities, says Brooks, a co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project, an Oakland, California-based group working to create a support system for communities of color. It leaves a psychological and emotional toll.

"I see it in the ways rage explodes on the street in response to police terror," Brooks says. "I see it when people don't want to talk to police."

[For more on this story by ROSALIE CHAN, go to https://psmag.com/social-justi...and-community-trauma]

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