Police Brutality Exacts Widespread Trauma on People of Color ROKU
Summary
TLDREl video aborda el impacto de la brutalidad policial y la violencia en EE. UU., con un enfoque en las recientes muertes en Minneapolis, Baton Rouge y Dallas. Los invitados, Eddie Conway y el Dr. Lawrence Brown, discuten cómo el trauma racial y la ansiedad afectan tanto a las víctimas de la brutalidad policial como a la comunidad afroamericana en general. Exploran cómo los problemas sistémicos, la segregación y la explotación contribuyen a estos ciclos de violencia y la necesidad de políticas que aborden el trauma y reconstruyan las comunidades afroamericanas, a la vez que critican el papel de las élites en mantener el sistema actual.
Takeaways
- 📢 Los recientes tiroteos en Minneapolis, Baton Rouge y Dallas han reavivado el debate sobre la raza en Estados Unidos.
- 😔 El impacto del trauma por la brutalidad policial afecta tanto a las víctimas directas como a aquellos que responden a estos actos, generando ansiedad y dolor colectivo.
- 💔 La frecuencia de la brutalidad policial y la violencia impacta a la comunidad, generando un ambiente similar a una zona de guerra en ciudades como Baltimore.
- 👮♂️ Los policías son vistos como la cara visible de un sistema que explota a las comunidades de color, mientras que los verdaderos responsables de las injusticias, los poderosos, quedan fuera del foco.
- 🛑 La sociedad otorga a la policía un rol de 'martillo' para mantener el orden, pero no se les castiga cuando ejercen violencia, lo que refuerza su poder impune.
- ⚡ La repetición de videos de violencia racial en redes sociales y medios intensifica el trauma colectivo y afecta a las comunidades afroamericanas de manera profunda.
- 🏙️ La brutalidad policial y la violencia en Baltimore son síntomas de un problema sistémico que va más allá de los agentes individuales; las raíces están en la segregación y la desigualdad histórica.
- 💡 Las organizaciones masivas como los sindicatos y movimientos civiles han sido debilitados desde los años 60, lo que dificulta una respuesta organizada al sistema opresor.
- 🏚️ La destrucción de comunidades afroamericanas a través de políticas como la renovación urbana y la segregación ha aumentado el trauma y la desesperación en las ciudades.
- 🔨 La policía actúa como una fuerza ocupante en comunidades afroamericanas segregadas, exacerbando la tensión y la violencia en lugar de abordar las causas sistémicas del problema.
Q & A
¿Cuál es el tema central del video?
-El tema central del video es la violencia policial en Estados Unidos, el impacto del trauma racial y la respuesta de la comunidad ante las injusticias raciales.
¿Qué impacto menciona Lawrence Brown que tienen las imágenes de violencia policial en la comunidad afroamericana?
-Lawrence Brown menciona que las imágenes de violencia policial causan un trauma racial significativo, ya que las personas se ven reflejadas en las víctimas de la brutalidad, lo que genera ansiedad y dolor en la comunidad.
¿Cuál es la opinión de Eddie Conway sobre la frecuencia de los incidentes de violencia policial?
-Eddie Conway expresa preocupación por la frecuencia de la violencia policial, afirmando que ocurre cada 23 horas aproximadamente y que está traumatizando a las personas, similar a vivir en una zona de guerra.
¿Qué relación se hace entre la violencia policial y el racismo sistémico?
-Se establece que la violencia policial es una manifestación visible de un problema sistémico más amplio de explotación racial, donde las fuerzas policiales actúan como protectores de los intereses de las élites, en lugar de servir a las comunidades.
¿Cómo afecta el trauma histórico a la comunidad afroamericana según el video?
-El trauma histórico, que incluye la esclavitud, las leyes de Jim Crow y la migración forzada debido a linchamientos, sigue afectando a las generaciones actuales, perpetuando el dolor y la ansiedad en la comunidad afroamericana.
¿Qué crítica hace Paul Jay sobre el papel de las élites en la perpetuación de la violencia policial?
-Paul Jay critica que las élites permiten que la policía actúe de manera violenta porque han establecido a las fuerzas policiales como 'el martillo' que protege sus intereses. Si la policía no cumpliera con este papel, las élites podrían enfrentarse a una mayor inseguridad.
¿Por qué se dice que la respuesta a la brutalidad policial muchas veces desvía la atención de los problemas sistémicos más amplios?
-La respuesta a la brutalidad policial suele centrarse en la violencia inmediata, desviando la atención del racismo sistémico y las políticas que generan segregación y pobreza en las comunidades negras.
¿Qué soluciones propone Lawrence Brown para abordar el trauma en las comunidades afroamericanas?
-Lawrence Brown propone una respuesta al trauma en las calles mediante la movilización de trabajadores sociales, profesionales de la salud mental y especialistas en salud pública para aliviar el dolor que sufre la comunidad.
¿Cómo se ha utilizado la manipulación por parte de las fuerzas del orden para controlar las protestas, según Eddie Conway?
-Eddie Conway señala que las fuerzas del orden han utilizado la manipulación, como la diseminación de información falsa y el uso de provocadores, para incitar la violencia y justificar una respuesta represiva contra las protestas.
¿Qué mensaje final ofrecen los participantes sobre la organización comunitaria?
-Los participantes enfatizan la importancia de la organización comunitaria para enfrentar las políticas de segregación y violencia, sugiriendo que las comunidades negras deben unirse y reconstruir estructuras sociales para combatir el racismo sistémico.
Outlines
🔫 La violencia racial y las repercusiones en Estados Unidos
El presentador Paul Jay discute la reciente serie de tiroteos en Minneapolis, Baton Rouge y Dallas, destacando cómo los medios están centrando nuevamente la atención en el tema racial en América. Entrevista a Eddie Conway, ex Pantera Negra y preso político, y al Dr. Lawrence Brown, profesor de salud pública, quienes reflexionan sobre la brutalidad policial, el trauma comunitario y cómo la violencia es una respuesta a estos problemas no resueltos.
💔 El impacto psicológico del trauma racial
Dr. Lawrence Brown profundiza en el concepto de 'fatiga de batalla racial' y cómo las imágenes constantes de brutalidad policial traumatizan a la comunidad negra. Habla de su experiencia personal de ansiedad y cómo estos traumas influyen en las protestas y en las respuestas violentas o pacíficas. La discusión se centra en cómo las fuerzas policiales funcionan como una extensión de la élite, ejecutando un papel de 'martillo' impuesto por la sociedad.
👁️ Trauma histórico e intergeneracional en las comunidades negras
Se aborda cómo el trauma en las comunidades negras es intergeneracional, remontándose a la esclavitud, las leyes de Jim Crow y las migraciones provocadas por la violencia racial en el sur de EE. UU. Dr. Brown habla sobre cómo la brutalidad policial y la interrupción del duelo colectivo intensifican este trauma no resuelto, criticando la respuesta militarizada a los momentos de duelo en comunidades afroamericanas en Baltimore.
🛠️ La manipulación y represión de los movimientos sociales
Eddie Conway menciona la represión histórica de los movimientos de derechos civiles y sindicales, donde el gobierno utilizó provocadores e infiltrados para desmantelar estos esfuerzos. Discute cómo las personas son intimidadas para no organizarse, y cómo los sindicatos y otras organizaciones deben reavivarse para hacer frente a los problemas estructurales. Se resalta la violencia invisible que las políticas racistas generan, resultando en violencia directa.
🏙️ Políticas de segregación y el renacimiento de las comunidades
Lawrence Brown y Eddie Conway discuten la historia de la segregación en Baltimore y cómo las políticas urbanas han desintegrado las comunidades negras. Sugieren que, para abordar estos problemas, es necesario construir comunidades fuertes y saludables que puedan enfrentar los desafíos sociales, económicos y políticos. Además, se enfatiza la importancia de la participación política para cambiar estas dinámicas y resolver el trauma colectivo.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Brutalidad policial
💡Trauma racial
💡Elites
💡Segregación
💡Fatiga de la batalla racial
💡Freddie Gray
💡Desplazamiento forzado
💡Política de apartheid
💡Respuesta violenta
💡Organización comunitaria
Highlights
The conversation opens with the host mentioning the recent shootings in Minneapolis, Baton Rouge, and Dallas, highlighting the renewed national focus on race in America.
Dr. Lawrence Brown points out the deep-seated impact of trauma on individuals affected by police brutality and the broader response, both peaceful and violent, to such incidents.
Eddie Conway emphasizes that ongoing incidents of police violence are traumatizing people across the country, with many feeling as if they are living in a combat zone, especially in cities like Baltimore.
Brown discusses the phenomenon of racial battle fatigue, a psychological condition not yet fully recognized in medical literature but prevalent among people repeatedly exposed to racial violence and police brutality.
Conway critiques the focus on individual racist cops, instead pointing to a larger systemic problem where the police act as agents of a society built on exploitation and inequality.
Brown talks about how repeated media exposure to police brutality incidents through platforms like Twitter and CNN causes vicarious trauma for viewers, especially those who identify with the victims.
Conway links police violence to systemic inequality, noting that the elites in cities like Baltimore benefit from the police acting as enforcers, while the victims of police brutality are often the same people who pay taxes supporting the system.
The discussion shifts to the economic aspects of inequality, with Conway pointing out how the wealthy are protected by the police while simultaneously benefiting from tax loopholes, further burdening the working class.
Brown shares a personal account of the anxiety and trauma he felt during the Baltimore riots following Freddie Gray's death, illustrating the psychological toll that police violence takes on affected communities.
Both guests emphasize that societal focus tends to remain on police actions while failing to address the deeper systemic causes of violence, such as economic inequality and structural racism.
The discussion introduces historical trauma, noting that the intergenerational effects of slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation continue to manifest in modern-day Black communities.
Brown criticizes the lack of effective trauma response from city authorities, suggesting that social workers and mental health professionals need to engage more directly with affected communities.
The guests discuss the challenges of community organizing, linking current police violence to past government programs like COINTELPRO that undermined civil rights movements and weakened public trust in organizing.
Conway and Brown call for renewed efforts to rebuild communities and address segregation in cities like Baltimore, emphasizing that systemic issues like apartheid-style policies contribute to social pathologies.
The discussion ends with the hosts mentioning upcoming investigative journalism and community engagement efforts to explore solutions to systemic issues affecting Baltimore and Maryland.
Transcripts
Welcome to the Real News Network I'm
Paul Jay in Baltimore with the recent
shootings in Min Minneapolis and then
Baton Rouge and then in Dallas people
are once again nationally the media and
such focused that there actually is such
a thing as race in America we have
certain moments where this gets talked
about and we're in another one now
joining us to talk about the
significance of these issues are first
of all in our studio Eddie Conway he's a
former Black Panther and a former
political prisoner of 44 years now he's
an executive producer at the real news
and host of the show rattling the bars
also joining us is Dr Lawrence Brown
Lawrence is an activist Global Health
consultant and assistant professor of
Public Health at Morgan State University
and he'll he will soon be hosting a show
at the real news as well thank you both
for joining us pleasure for having us so
Lawrence first of all the shootings in
Dallas
just after the shootings I mentioned um
how do you react well I mean it's um
very difficult time I think we're in
here in America where violence um both
indirect violence and direct violence
are really manifesting and coming to
aead um we're seeing that with police
brutality we're seeing that in the
response to police brutality um I think
what we're not really discussing is the
the impact of trauma uh the impact that
this has both on the people that are
losing uh victims to police brutality
and then uh even people who are trying
to respond to that and obviously we had
someone respond to that in a very
violent way in Dallas last night um so I
think you know there's by not having
that discussion by not understanding
that this impact of police brutality
really has uh it exacts real pain it
exacts real anxiety
and many people will respond peacefully
but others not so peacefully and I think
that's what we have to get to the root
of in America is the pain that's there
so that it can be addressed in a in a
more productive way and we can forall
some of the violence that's taking place
Ed is same same question yes I I I think
and and certainly the trauma is one of
the overriding concerns right now
because I I was up last night from 1 to
2:00 in the morning talking to people
that just needed to talk that wasn't
connected to the families that have just
basically seen stuff on the videos
they've talked to their co-workers and
whatnot we had one of our young black
staff staff members was crying all day
yesterday the day before I mean people
just have hurt people because it
continues to occur once every 23 hours
or so and people are starting to become
aware of it they're traumatized it's
like being in a combat zone especially S
I just say you add to that especially in
a place like Baltimore all the murders
that are taking place which are all
symptoms of the same thing yes and then
when you look to the people that should
be protecting you and then they in turn
turns around and takes a loved one's
life or just somebody that's identified
as a different color that's a concern
and uh so the only way uh I think it can
be addressed is that you got to look
beyond the incidents theirself and look
at the systemic problem of what's
putting this kind of behavior in place
um Lawrence uh I've been saying thinking
there's almost too much emphasis just on
the role of the racist individual cops
um even even on elements of the culture
of the police that are coming out during
the Freddy Greg trials and it's kind of
funny because the the main one of the
main defenses of the cops who are on
trial for the murder of Freddy gray is
they're blaming the culture of the
police department they didn't have
proper instructions they weren't told
they had to have seat belts on the and
so on but but the B but the bigger issue
is is that the police become are are the
easy face of a system based on super
exploitation of people of color and and
and and when I talk to people in town
there's far more anger and Venom
directed at the police and for obvious
reasons but there's very little
discussion about the people that have
real power in Baltimore that have the
real money in Baltimore and then extend
that nationally to the elites I I talked
we used to have somebody work here whose
father was a cop and and he said to me I
was having this discussion with him and
he said to me look at you decide meaning
you society decide what do you want from
us you want us to hand out flowers or
you want us to be the hammer and it's
pretty clear you've told us to be the
hammer well you know I would to say it's
not quite accurate to uh say that Elites
and the broader systemic issues are
being ignored personally I'm more of an
housing activist who is looking at how
neighborhoods and segregation plays a
role it's when these incidents of police
brutality happens that it's so gripping
the trauma is so real race-based trauma
racial battle fatigue these uh psycholog
iCal symptoms that aren't yet really uh
identified in the DSM manual for
instance but have a real impact
vicarious trauma is essentially what
they are uh looking at the videos that
are on the uh Twitter feed or or on
Facebook or on the smartphones on CNN
being played over and over and over so
that trauma that traumatizes people
because we see ourselves in those videos
and so what happens is it's there is a
fight against the broader systemic issu
but we actually get pulled away by the
immediacy of police brutality and by the
the gripping pain that sort of uh just
snatches you it snatches I mean the
anxiety I personally feel in know my
heart uh the clenching that I felt on
April 27th last year when Baltimore
Police and the youth Begin The Clash and
they deployed rubber bullets and tear
gas and my heart clenched and uh I've
been having symptoms along those line
ever since
and so what do you do when you have
anxiety when you have trauma you know
people respond in different ways and I
think that's what we're seeing with a
lot of the protests it's an outcry it's
people saying this hurts this hurts us
in a very real and visceral way and
they're trying to make sure that in
America people can live uh and not be
judge jury and executioner when they're
interacting with the police and and one
of the reasons that happens is because
police get know they can get away with
this 99.9% of the time and I think
that's that's part of what I was getting
at is that is that the police
departments are given this space because
if quote Society meaning the elites who
have the power in society are saying be
the hammer you can't punish people for
being the hammer or they won't be the
hammer for you and and you know the the
the cops sent a bit of a message in
Baltimore after the cops were charging
Freddy Gray I mean most mostly
acknowledge that they step back a little
bit just to send a a message it seems to
me the message they're really sending is
is is that if you start charging us for
being the hammer then if this violence
starts to spill off into Roland Park for
example which is a wealthy neighborhood
of Baltimore or Federal Hill or one of
these other areas well maybe we'll eat
duts then too so the message is you
better not punish us for doing what
you're asking us to do and and the other
side of that is is they are the point of
Despair they are actually not just doing
the the job of protecting the elite and
the property owners but they also
they're that Shield you know and that
Shield is to distract uh public and the
populations from looking Beyond them so
what happens is that because they at a
point of Despair the focuses on them and
like like uh Dr Brown was saying uh the
trauma is immediate for down on the
ground the media reports it that way and
draws that Focus right there at the
point of Despair and it keep the
dialogue and the discussion around that
and no one looks beyond to the elite to
the people that's actually being
protected and and what's surprising and
this dawned on me is that the people
down on the ground that's that's being
uh uh murdered in some cases beat or or
or or abuse they're the ones that's
paying the taxes and the people that's
being protected have all kinds of
loopholes to get out of paying taxes and
they're not even paying the people
that's protecting and serving their
interest and but yet we are paying down
on the ground and and the media is
making sure that the discussion and the
focus stay
there the uh the trauma that comes from
seeing this videotape and and the
abuse and the trauma of living in
situations there's there's got to be
barely a family in Black Baltimore that
doesn't have a family member or at least
a cousin or a friend that doesn't either
directly know someone or had a direct
member of their family murdered in the
last four or five years I if we're
talking you know 300 some odd murders
every year you know we're into thousands
over the last four or five years the
it's it's uh the talk a bit about the
trauma of of this entire landscape
people are living in well you know uh
trauma runs deep you know you can start
with historical trauma uh the trauma of
the slave trade of enslavement of Jim
Crow uh many people that live in
Baltimore now were migrants refugees if
you will from the great migrations
leaving the lynchings uh of the South
and the destruction of almost 100
independent black District districts
like Tulsa or Rosewood and so that
trauma we carry it with us and then we
arrive here in a city like Baltimore and
uh police brutality is still there and
so what happens is the trauma is really
intergenerational and it's never really
resolved the grief is unresolved and so
you have a situation like we've had in
Baltimore on April 27th the day that
Freddy gray is laid to rest the police
release the gang memo they release Purge
Meme and they use that the pretext to
move on the community with the riot
mobilization on the day that people are
grieving just for people that don't know
the the gang the reason he he did like
this around the gang memo is because
there was a supposed agreement between
the gangs to go out and shoot cops
during those Freddy gray event days and
there was there's absolutely zero
evidence there was in fact I think
there's now evidence there was no such
memo and and The Purge thing which was
supposed to be a social media thing to
get kids to go and to mandin Mall um
it's still completely unclear who
actually released that Purge thing and
one would think these days one could go
down to your neighborhood Fusion NSA
Center and find out and they don't seem
to have wanted to do that right and um
you know so just last week on June 27th
we had U A Murder of a local rapper here
named lur scoa his rap name was lur scoa
and the police again as black youth were
celebrating his life mobilized and riot
gear here in
Baltimore uh having on riot gear driving
out military vehicles having rifles that
they pointed at dirt bikers who rode by
and so even in the middle of grief in
the midst of grief itself grief is
interrupted in Black communities um and
I and so that's where the trauma is
never really addressed I've sent um
plans to our Baltimore City Health
Department to we have I've written a
verdict preparedness plan with my
students
and we said that there needed to be a
real trauma response on the streets not
just violence prevention that safe
Street does but actually taking out
social workers mental health
professionals Public Health folk and
going out on the street and helping
alleviate trauma because the trauma is
still there now our commissioner Dr W
has done trauma training for city
employees but there hasn't been that
engagement on the street and so the
trauma is still there it's unresolved uh
people are hurting people are in pain um
and we know from our literature you know
this the trauma the grief the stress the
anxiety all of that wears on the body
system it wears on the mind and it
literally results in deaths whether by
Suicide homicide or people just not
living up to the higher quality of life
I I interviewed Gerald horn the
historian just a few minutes ago and I
thought he made a very interesting point
towards the end of the of the interview
you know since the 1960s you've had the
destruction of Mass organizations in the
Civil Rights Movement You' had the have
the weakening and almost destruction of
much of the Trade union movement um in
terms of a way to and the movement's
been kind of in a low in terms of the
people's movement there's very few ways
to express the anger in a constructive
way in a in a way that might change
society and it kind of creates the the
fertile soil for these kind of
individual acts of Retribution if you
will because you you don't people it's
hard to see how you do it in in a in a
more movement organized way which I
guess suggests what people should do is
get organized well yes that's true but
also I think during that same period of
time you had that the government program
coin Del Pro the county intelligence
program they use a lot of agent
provocators they use sabator they use
informers I think U when you look at
what happened in Seattle Washington at
the World Trade thing if you look up in
uh Canada if you look at other things
you'll see that a lot of the reaction
that occurs down on the ground has been
manipulated in some cases by law
enforcement agencies and and like Dr
Brown was just saying that was true
around the Momin situation on April 27
and so not only have they taken away the
ability of people to work through Mass
organizations to address their problems
but they have
manipulated individual activity ities
that lead to disruptions that they can
then contain and control uh and uh this
this has been noted in case after case
after case and uh and I I I there's no
question people need to get organized
and but part of that the results of coel
pro is that it's had intimidated people
about organizing and people need to get
beyond that because they don't know how
to actually networked in a larger scale
you know so unions have to come back on
board people have to get back into these
organizations and start working again um
there's a lot of good public
policy that people have thought out
about what to do from housing to even
the issue of of trauma and other things
you can't get that stuff funded you
can't get it P um so something has to
change at the political level what
should people do well first of all you
realize that this is what happens that
invisible violence the violence through
policies and practices leads to direct
violence that we see and so the
accumulation of historical trauma
manifests itself in either inward
self-destruction or outward uh violence
so I think once you realize that
apartheid policies breed social
pathologies then you say well we do need
to pass policies and practices let me
just say when you say apartheid policies
we've talked a lot not everybody knows
you're talking about when Baltimore a
history of very deliberate segregation
in the city right um and to connect it
with what you were saying with Eddie
that the you know in the 60s we had
viable communities even though there
were segregation uh you didn't have
Force displacement on the scale that
we've seen since then urban renewal
highways moving built through the middle
of black communities uh the public
housing that was that's been torn down
actually since then and the public
housing that's been disinvested in all
that time so a lot of these policies
have led to the systemic sort of
disintegration of a community system
that will also underg the movement
building and would also help mitigate
the impact of trauma so when you when
communities are torn down and people are
left to sort of fin for themselves then
you see more violent activity so I think
what we need to do then is to figure out
how we can build up communities how we
can make black neighborhoods matter uh
until we desegregate here in America uh
because what we have is what you said
and what James bwin said police are an
occupying force in Black
communities but the reason why there is
black community because we still have
segregation in this in this Society so
we've got to find a way to nourish and
nurture the communities themselves so
that people can be built up and have the
sort of economic social political
wherewithal to address the issues that
they have and become healthy and whole
okay well this is just the beginning of
a conversation as I said Eddie hosts a
show on the Real News Lawrence hosts a
show on the real news and we're going to
start you'll see in the fall uh building
our Baltimore Bureau to take this
conversation including Town Halls more
investigative journalism uh with the
real fundamental Mission trying to
answer the question that if you ran
Maryland and Baltimore in the interest
of the majority of its people what would
you do and start actually trying to find
solution as a community process um so I
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