A black Miami doctor was handcuffed outside his home last week while on his way to hand out tents to the city’s homeless during the coronavirus outbreak.
Dr. Armen Henderson, second from left, talks with volunteers before heading out to do outreach with the homeless population during the new coronavirus pandemic on April 3, 2020, in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami. Henderson has partnered with local organizations and volunteers to educate the homeless about the virus. They also passed out tents, meals and bottled water.
“If the investigation concludes that the involved employee violated Miami Police Department policies, he will be disciplined for each sustained violation in accordance with established agency procedures.” Incidents like these underscore why black communities often distrust law enforcement. Only about a third of blacks say local police, “do an excellent or good job in using the appropriate force on suspects,” according to aAfter fatal police shootings of black men such as Walter Scott and Alton Sterling, that were caught on camera, a study was released that accused some police of targeting minorities.
“They are quick to point a finger without listening. And they’re quick to, because of racial prejudice, feel threatened in ways that make them behave inappropriately,” he said.published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences revealed black men were 2.5 times more likely than white men to be killed by the police.
“You have seen how these situations can escalate,” Henderson said. “Situations like this have escalated into black men being shot all across the country.”
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