In Minnesota alone, since January 2000 there have been 223 people killed in their encounters with law enforcement. And you’ve most likely heard the testimony from transracial adoptee Alex Landau. Before I share the following six resources, I want to make it clear that they’ve been published largely under the assumption that the burden to be emotionally regulated and compliant seems to land primarily on the civilian/person asking for help or being pulled over/stopped (is that the way it should be?).
As if you can always remain fully rational/logical during moments of intense stress/terror; you can’t. Therefore, the following resources are descriptive in the sense that they flow from the way things are currently, not necessarily from the way things should or could be.
Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC 