Thomas M. Barrett: “One of his deputies, and it was almost a humbling experience watching…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1998

One of his deputies, and it was almost a humbling experience watching this little exchange between this young man, who was a very small man, and he looked very, very young. And as I was watching it, I was, first of all, struck by how he could remain so calm as this deputy sheriff threw racial slur, racial slur, racial slur at him over and over again, and he just did not lose his cool. He stood there and took it and asked the questions about do you believe in justice, do you believe in prayer, can we pray together, and over and over again this deputy sheriff was saying terrible things to him, things that would have made me just lose it.

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Thomas M. Barrett

Wisconsin

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Describing a personal experience witnessing a young man confronted with racial slurs.

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