NORRISTOWNÂ â Breaking down barriers in order to identify trauma and systemic inequities within the criminal justice system were priorities identified by assembled panelists during a Black History Month program.
âLet s look at the numbers, and letâs not look away, and let s talk about them. It is very ironic to me that racially conscious policies got us into this mess, but nobody wants to talk about race getting us out of this mess,â said Norristown Police Chief Mark Talbot. âWe want it to be race neutral now that weâre trying to fix it, well it wasnât race neutral to get us here. Thatâs not the path out.