Each has been on the Dallas Police force for nearly 30 years.
Hopkins said body cameras worn by police and cell phone videos are critical to the ongoing conversation about policing.
“It gives you an upfront visual on a lot of the complaints that African-Americans have had for years,” said Hopkins.
The two latest incidents drawing national attention, the police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and the traffic stop of a Black Army Lieutenant in Virginia, were both caught on camera.
Hopkins said these incidents affect officers, especially Black men and women who wear the badge.
“Most definitely,” Hopkins said. “Your friends and your family will doubt what you do sometimes. If they know you and they know your heart, they kind of know who you are, but they’ll say ‘but them other ones’ – it’s just this constant bombardment when these incidents continue to happen.”
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A Virginia police officer has been fired after he pepper sprayed and held at gunpoint a Black Army Lieutenant during a traffic stop in December for a license plate issue similar to the stop that ended in the death of Daunte Wright. Jonathan Capehart tells Lawrence O’Donnell that watching video of the incident is “enraging” and “frightening” and it’s “why a traffic stop is never routine when you’re a Black male in America.”
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