‘Who Replaces Me?’: An Update

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran. Scott Watson — a Black police officer in his hometown, Flint, Mich. — has worked to become a pillar of the community. And he always believed his identity put him in a unique position to discharge his duties. After watching the video of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody in May, his job became a source of self-consciousness instead of pride. Today, we call up Scott once again and ask how he’s been doing and how things have been in his police department. Guest: Scott Watson, a police officer in Flint, Mich. For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter. You can read the latest edition here. Background reading:Lynsea Garrison wrote about interviewing Scott in an edition of The Daily newsletter.Many Black and Hispanic officers in New York City have found themselves caught between competing loyalties in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael. This week, the Daily Is Revisiting are favorite episodes of the year,
0:05.9	listening back and hearing what's happened in the time since they first ran.
0:11.0	Today, a police officer looks back at his career.
0:16.7	It's Wednesday, December 30th.
0:20.4	Have you ever looked at the state police graduating classes?
0:31.8	Okay, do me a favor. Go back and look at their classes, their graduating classes.
0:38.4	See how many black people you see.
0:41.6	We need our police departments to mirror the communities that we are serving,
0:49.6	and we need those officers to come from within those communities.
0:53.6	That'll make that'll make the change.
0:57.6	That'll when people start seeing we really and truly care for our hearts,
1:02.6	people will see police in a different way.
1:12.6	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is the Daily.
1:16.6	So, of course, it is disturbing the number of African Americans that are killed by police.
1:24.6	And, you know, this is raising a conversation, a number of questions about what are the issues
1:30.6	that need to be tackled within police departments, and one of the things that comes up
1:34.6	has to do with hiring practices and diversity.
1:38.6	There's a growing consensus that to change American policing,
1:42.6	police departments must look more like the communities they serve.
1:46.6	I think to many looking in from the outside, it's hard to understand how the police force
1:52.6	could be majority white and the community,
1:56.6	majority African American, why can there be such a disconnect or discrepancy between the two?
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