'That video served as my final confirmation that I was doing the best thing for my life by departing the [US] permanently.' Demetria Brown is one of many African Americans leaving the US for many reasons, including racism and fear of police brutality.
Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.She'd just watched a video of George Floyd pinned under an officer's knee, saying he couldn't breathe as he begged for his life. She sobbed as she played it over and over.On June 1, a week after Floyd's death, she quit her job as a detention officer for the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
She used that experience to make a difference in her job by building relationships with the young women under her professional care and keeping up with them long after her role was over."I worked in the criminal justice system to prove I wasn't like my father. I didn't want to be a statistic. I wanted to help in ways I thought I could," she says."I worked with youth and approached them with love and fairness.
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