One of the DPD's best-known beating survivors wants to get the new chief on the record.
, which he sees as criminalizing poverty and addiction rather than addressing larger safety concerns."We cannot incarcerate our way out of substance misuse," he says."What we can do is address it head-on with treatment and alternatives to punishment. Last I checked, murder was still illegal, and we've had one of the most violent years in Colorado history — but we're not helping that by putting people in jail for a sickness.
Landau is also alarmed by what he sees as the DPD's recent propensity toward recklessness and excessive force."There seems to be a historical pattern and practice among many officers on the force to not only shoot first and ask questions later, but to overshoot — to empty your magazine to the point where there isn't even an opportunity to understand the dynamics of whatever the altercation is," he says.
. "Instead of taking accountability for their actions, they decided to move food trucks from the area to allegedly prevent congestion," he notes."Those are the kinds of things the community doesn't need to see." Asked if he's frustrated that use-of-force violations continue more than a decade after his violent encounter with Denver cops, Landau stresses that"these things were happening long before my case. I think about the people who came before me and how they must feel, and the preemptive nature of these types of abuses. But all we can do is strategically look at our approach and push for a shift in consciousness and participation on a broader scale.
The community forum with Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas will get underway at 6 p.m. at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Studio, 119 Park Avenue West, and both in-person and Zoom options are available.
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