BLM Protest Turned Into A Cookout With Wichita Police
This is the way it should be! There shouldn’t be a division between the police and the community. It shouldn’t be us vs. them…
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When a Black Lives Matter activist in Kansas told the Wichita Police Department that he was planning a protest, Chief Gordon Ramsay had a better idea: a cookout.
Some kids I've seen on Patrol remembered me and we took a selfie! #thatsmywichita -OM pic.twitter.com/Ofruf2kXv2
— Wichita Police (@WichitaPolice) July 18, 2016
Community Involvement @WichitaPolice held a great event. So much love! #AllLifeMatters #wichitapolicerock pic.twitter.com/92Up6fQrwF
— Saga (@sagacontinues1) July 18, 2016
Great Event today @WichitaPolice #AllLifeMatters #showyourlove #Wichitapolicerock #Besafeout pic.twitter.com/q0jQgGyY63
— Saga (@sagacontinues1) July 18, 2016
Making friends and connections at the First Step Cook Out! Great people here! #thatsmywichita -OM pic.twitter.com/BckRRB7hwo
— Wichita Police (@WichitaPolice) July 17, 2016
The First Step Cookout was held on Sunday and was meant to bridge the divide between the citizens – many of whom are African-American – and the police department.
Baptist Pastor T. Lamont Holder described the event as “a model that the nation should follow.”
“It’s an amazing turnout,” local activist AJ Bohannon said. “I’m definitely blessed to be a part of something like this and to be able to spearhead something like this in this community.”
Chief Ramsay said that he hopes other police departments will hold similar events.
“It takes two parties to make a healthy relationship,” he explained.
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