In the wake of the Dallas police shooting and years worth of mounting outrage and social unrest over the deaths of black civilians at the hands of police—including recent incidents in Minneapolis and Baton Rouge—attorneys with law enforcement backgrounds expressed dismay and sadness at recent events, lamented that it could get worse, and chalked up many of the deaths to a combination of stress, blind spots in training and for some, racial bias.
“Horrible, horrible week last week,” said Anthony Pope, who heads a Newark firm and is a former Newark police officer and Essex County assistant prosecutor.
