Students, activists, and MIT Police leaders participated in a public forum about police practices and communities of color on Feb. 4, sharing perspectives about a civic issue of high national importance. Nationally, policing is a “fraught and complicated story of biases both known and unknown,” said John Dozier, MIT’s Institute community and equity officer, during introductory remarks at the event. Citing multiple extensive studies about law enforcement and the justice system, Dozier noted that “people of color are overrepresented across all stages of the criminal justice system relative to their…
