As I flew to our nation’s capitol to cover this case I couldn’t believe what I was about to see, the debate over race in schools before the ultimate authority in America’s legal system. Fifty-two years after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision outlawed segregation in public school we are still trying to figure out how best to achieve integration. And one of the cases that raised the issue stems from right here in Jefferson County.
In a recent story about the LMPD Crisis Intervention Team, I explained how it's not a separate unit of police but represents a change in the mindset of police in dealing with those who might be mentally ill.
But when I asked to see how many of those cases police deal with, I was stunned by these numbers.
