Dem Rep. Crockett Blames Lack of Bias Training at the Secret Service for Failing to Label ‘Young, White Male’ a Threat

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CROCKETT: "But, you know, I want to stay here for for just a second, because earlier you had a conversation in which there was a discussion about training. And I wanna talk about training and I want to talk about the fact that there’s been a little bit of dancing around as it relates to this being a suspicious person and this being a situation that was perceived to be a threat. And it seems as if there’s a different analysis that takes place. One of my questions has to do with if you have have any bias training that your officers undergo. And the reason that I ask that is because as a civil rights lawyer, I have learned so many times, in having to deal with law enforcement, that there usually is not a perception of a threat when it is a young white male, even if they are carrying a long gun. Yet a lot of times, at least in this country, when it comes to law enforcement, there is a perceived threat just by somebody having a little bit more melanin in their skin.”