Violence Is Not Always an Option: Police, Trauma and Transformation

D_report · 062620 Dreport: Violence Is Not Always An Option

“The untamed violence against our communities is no longer an option,”
– Pascual Torres

Topic: Police Violence, Police reform, Civil Rights, Law
Title: Violence Is Not Always an Option: Police, Trauma and Transformation
Participants: Pascual Torres J.D, Esq.
Broadcast Air Date: 06/26/20
Time: 5:15 PM (PST)
Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA
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Discussion Topics:

Ollin is a Nahuatl word that loosely translates into movement.
How do you introduce healing and transformation into the law?
Abuse of Power: Violence, It calls you back,
Article available on Peoples college of Law website: http://www.peoplescollegeoflaw.edu/the-abuse-of-power-violence-it-calls-you-back/
How was it to grow up in the 90’s in Boyle heights?
What is the relationship between the current police practices and the history of colonization?
Are police officers legally permitted to strike someone with closed fists?
Is there an “us versus them” mentality within the police?
Why do some communities get protected and served while other communities get harassed?
Race, class, and education level will determine who gets justice and who gets war?
What is justice by zip code?
The police are a tool of colonization.
Why is violence always an option for police?
Why is the age of 13 when we learn to start to fear police violence?
When you are constantly under surveillance by the police, you begin to self-monitor yourself?
Did the police give you “Dodger baseball cards?”
If you criminalize a certain sector of the community, it doesn’t matter how you treat them?
How does colonization and trauma connect to violence?
“The untamed violence against our communities is no longer an option,”- Pascual Torres
Police violence is a problem that cannot be transferred to the next generation, it must be solved now.
What is the history of the police in the United States?
What is trauma? Trauma is an experience that stays with you for a long time and impacts you negatively.
What if the police violence is purposeful to traumatize communities in order to continue the colonizing effect?
Can we change the job requirements to be a police officer?
What does it mean to defund the police?
Justice is part of the healing process.
Do we have a system where everyone is accountable for their actions?
How was the law used to colonize people?
If you don’t transform your trauma, you transmit the trauma.