Birmingham is one of six cities recently chosen for a pilot program designed to strengthen communities and law enforcement’s relationships. Attorney General Eric Holder says the program “reduce bias and support reconciliation in communities where trust has been eroded.”
What does this mean for a city where once there was a great deal of distrust between police and many of the people they served? Nick Patterson, editor of weekly newspaper WELD joins WBHM to discuss the transformation of the Birmingham Police Department, along with a recap of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division head Vanita Gupta’s talk at UAB.