In D.C., high-profile crimes spur hard conversations: ‘Walk a mile in my shoes’
7/31/21
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from The Washington Post,
7/30/21:
Standing in front of a bar on 14th Street shortly after a gunman opened fire on the busy corridor in Northwest Washington last week, a group of men argued about who and what to blame for the increase in gun violence in D.C. that sent diners ducking for cover.
“Ninety-nine percent of police officers are good,” said a young White man as he loudly asserted that calls to defund the police had made the city less safe.
Kevin Wood, a 31-year-old caterer, snorted nearby in disbelief.
“Walk a mile in my shoes,” retorted Wood, who is Black. “See the difference.”
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