It’s time to talk about Jacob Blake and policing reform. No, I mean the other half of that conversation. The part where we ask what Blake did wrong and why it matters. We cannot have meaningful policing reform if we pretend that law enforcement officers do not see our actions as civilians from a very different point of view, or if we refuse to analyze how what we do significantly and reasonably affects the responses of police officers.
LISTEN: Sgt. Sean ‘Sticks’ Larkin’s New Law&Crime Podcast ‘Coptales’ Features Police Officer Discussing the Time He Was Nearly Killed in the Line of Duty Law & Crime Staff
Sgt.
Howard Doss sits down with Officer
Quincy Smith over a glass of Crown Apple whiskey in the new podcast “Coptales,” presented by Whiskey Raiders. It is the latest podcast from Law&Crime. In it, Sticks will speak to law enforcement officers and hear their stories with a cocktail in hand.
In the first episode, Officer Smith recounts a harrowing near-fatal shooting incident, the injuries he sustained, and how he survived. Smith was shot after trying to talk to a suspect who ended up pulling a gun on him. The bullets hit his face and arm. Smith takes the audience through the body cam footage and what he was thinking in the moment.