Let’s Pass the LETT Act for Greater Police Accountability in Montgomery
On June 11, 2018, a Montgomery County police officer fatally shot Robert White, an unarmed Black man who was walking in his own neighborhood. So far, no one has been held accountable for his death. Shamefully, this is not surprising. An ACLU report found that between 2010-2015, at least 130 people across Maryland died in police encounters. Eleven of those individuals were in Montgomery County. There was no accountability: Police were criminally charged in less than 2% of those cases.