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Dallas Surgeon Talks Candidly About Police

Brian Williams, an assistant professor of surgery at UT Southwestern, drew national headlines when he spoke about the experiences he’s had with police, both as a black man driving a car and as a trauma surgeon in a time of crisis.

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Flowers sit on the dash of a Dallas Area Rapid Transit police motorcycle as it is used to block off the scene where, the night before, snipers targeted police officers, killing five, after a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in downtown.
Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson

Brian Williams, an assistant professor of surgery at UT Southwestern, drew national headlines when he spoke about the experiences he’s had with police, both as a black man driving a car and as a trauma surgeon in a time of crisis. (The Associated Press)

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