Like many police chiefs across the country, Phoenix's Jeri Williams has denounced the death of George Floyd. But Williams comes at the situation from a unique perspective: She's one of only a handful of black female police chiefs in the nation.
, the black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, while at the same time she struggles to support her officers and maintain peace in the midst of the resulting protests.She's one of only a handful of black female police chiefs in the nation. And she's a mother with black sons."It's almost disbelief that you're seeing what you're seeing. And then you're yelling at the screen or the monitor, 'What are you doing? Get off of him!'" she said.
After handling several days of protests, Williams' voice Tuesday morning was hoarse as she sipped a Starbucks medicine ball mixture of tea, lemon and honey."They were baffled and in disbelief," she said."It's unreal and unbelievably disgusting.
"Yes, people are angry. People are frustrated. People are beside themselves. People don't want the police department funded," she said. A white Phoenix officer, Christopher Meyer, who has since been fired, pointed a gun at Ames, who is black, threatening to shoot him in front of his then-pregnant fiancee and children.
"I've said this before on tape, and off tape, that the Phoenix Police Department isn't afraid to be observed by outsiders," she said."We welcome the opportunity to share and show how amazing we are."
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