What I have requested here [is] a result of what's going on currently across this country as it relates to police shootings. Cedric Alexander More Quotes by Cedric Alexander More Quotes From Cedric Alexander When you look at the act in Gwinnett, Georgia, where the kid is on the ground handcuffed, he's not fighting and the officer runs up and kicks him, [it's] undeniable. Cedric Alexander top-news What you're seeing is police administrators across the country who are saying, 'This is not the conduct of every man and woman in our police department. This is the conduct of one or two individuals and we're going to deal with them appropriately,'. Cedric Alexander top-news The Texas officer doesn't know who you are. Cedric Alexander top-news This is just a constant reminder ... of the dangers of police work in this country, we can never ever forget the dangers and what they put on the line for us every day. They deserve our support. Cedric Alexander us-news Across this country right now, police are being questioned about the way that they do their jobs, but we can never ever forget the dangers and what they put on the line for us every day. Cedric Alexander us-news Something is wrong with that officer there, walter Scott was no threat. He wasn't even able to run well when you watch the tape. We can pretty much clearly see that this guy was no threat to the officer. Cedric Alexander us-news Don't paint your whole police department as bad guys, i support police, but the bad ones, we need to go in and pull those guys out. We need police, and police need community, and there's a lot of good cops doing good work out there everyday. Cedric Alexander us-news Black and brown people have been making these complaints for years, but they fell on deaf ears because no one wanted to believe some officers would act that way. Cedric Alexander us-news Wow, they really did shoot this guy in the back. Wow. Oh, s**t, there's some truth to this. Cedric Alexander us-news That's becoming more and more apparent, we have already, as many departments have begun to do, look at how to expand our mental health training when we find it certainly necessary to do so. Because it appears that we're seeing more and more of these cases across the country in which police are engaging with those who appear to be in distress. Cedric Alexander top-news I can only reasonably assume that if he was running around the apartment complex naked, I believe we can make the assumption there may have been some mental health experience that he might have been having. Cedric Alexander top-news The bigger issue is healing as a community and nation and moving forward. Cedric Alexander top-news
