Watch: Town Hall on Race, Policing and Civil Rights in the U.S.

By Carla Murphy Oct 14, 2014

Keep the national policing conversation sparked by the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, John Crawford and more going. They’re the subject of a town hall panel in Brooklyn tonight that will livestream for two hours, beginning at 7 p.m. E.S.T. Panelists include: Esmeralda Simmons, Center for Law & Social Justice, Medgar Evers College; Lumumba Bandele, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; Jumaane Williams, City Council Member; Rinku Sen, Race Forward (publisher of Colorlines); Linda Sarsour, Arab American Association; and Anthony Miranda, Latino Officers Association.

Watch livestreamed video above. Join the online conversation and Tweet questions to panelists: #BHeard.

And read ProPublica’s latest on police killings and black men: in recent years, young black men were 21 times more likely than young white men to be killed by police.