St. Joseph Protest Cookout (6-2-20)

St. Joseph Protest Cookout (6-2-20)

The country, protests in light of the death of george floyd are sparking outrage, and anger.

Here locally though, law enforcement are hoping it sparks a conversation.

Kq2's ron johnson was at john lucas park this evening.

<<ron johnson reporting responding with unity,it's what a community is all about.

That's was the goal for law enforcement from all across the area, they met at john lucas park tuesday evening for a cookout and a conversation.

We just wanted to take time to open up to the community and have kind of a q&a.we all got together and we thought this would be a good idea.

Law enforcement took questions from those in attendance, many sharing concerns over procedural practices and de escalation training, those concerns fueled by the recent death of george floyd in minneapolis what happened in minneapolis, we don't agree with it.

That's not how we teach that's not how we train.

In addition to being visible, they wanted to share as much information with the public as they could.

Those at the community event said they've never seen anything quite i think this is good to at least get the that talk.

We've never had anything like this before it's always been us vs the cops.

I hope it actually makes a difference in the community law enforcement and the community are together through more conversation, relationships between the two we're not just st.

Joe pd we're not just buchana county, we're a community.

Now's a better time than any to open that dialogue.

Ron johnson kq2 news>> the chief of police along with several officers from the st.

Joseph police department, and buchanan county sheriff's department took part in the q&a this evening.