Taken from the Daily Nebraskan:
"At the panel on Friday, titled “Ferguson & Beyond: Race and Police Killings,” three University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members will address questions of inclusion, trust and legitimacy in American democracy. The panel will take place in the Nebraska Union auditorium from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The panelists are Gwendolyn Combs, associate professor of management, Jeannette Eileen Jones, associate professor of history and ethnic studies and Patrick Jones, associate professor of history and ethnic studies.
Political science professor Michael Combs will chair the event, which is sponsored by the political science department and the African American leadership caucus
Combs said it’s important to discuss these issues in a public forum because, while he believes protest and discussion are one and the same, a panel provides another opportunity to look at these national issues.
“Students need to get an academic perspective of the debate over race and police killings,” Combs said. “There are systemic questions about the responses of African Americans and police officers that need to be addressed.”
He said he hopes addressing these issues can shed light on a topic that specific ethnic groups – namely blacks and whites – sometimes view differently. Although the two groups are talking about the same issue, he said, middle ground is hardly ever achieved.
The panel aims to find that middle ground and look back into questions that continue to surround race issues.
And although Lincoln is far from New York and Ferguson, racism and police brutality remain relevant here, Combs said.
He added that understanding the components of the national controversy is essential for UNL students."
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