Via Breitbart:
Missouri Director of Public Safety Dan Isom told reporters on Friday afternoon that part of local law enforcement’s instruction during the past 100 days was sensitivity training.
The information was revealed at a St. Louis Mayor presser discussing how law enforcement plans on handling the events following the announcement of the grand jury as to whether or not Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson will be indicted on any charges for fatally shooting 18 year old Mike Brown last August. The controversial incident set off protests last summer that led to violent face offs between protesters and police.
“The police department has been working over the past 100 days to give sensitivity training to their officers, but I think the biggest key and I’ll get back to this is that we’ve been dialoging with various people throughout the community,” Isom said. “So I believe we’ve gotten to the point where we have some understanding about how we’re going to interact with each other as this thing unfolds. My hope is that because of that, you will not have the necessity to do any of that.”
Isom explained, “Well, I think one of the biggest things is to try to work on restraint—try to understand people’s perspective. People have fear and anger and we need to have some understanding of that and we need to have some empathy and also a little bit of patience.