Dallas Surgeon Talks Candidly About Police
![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.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/rgxbR5DfefB9BKyk6s7aN9zCvIA=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/07/08/DPD_motorcycle_and_flowers_lbs_TT.jpg)
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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