Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn participated in a march in the neighborhood of Oak Park this week to show his solidarity with the community in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
“I want to thank Congressman Bera, the mayor, the chief of police, and city councilmembers,” Ms. Land said.
Ms. Land was first approached by an officer of the Sacramento Police Department about staging an event such as the solidarity walk but she had concerns — one of them was the two events Donald Trump supporters put on at the State Capitol three weeks ago, where the police made no arrests.
“I called him in the capacity of Daniel, my friend, but asked him for something based upon him being the chief of police,” Ms. Land said of the conversation.
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Since the Stephon Clark shooting two years ago, Chief Hahn and Ms. Land have been working together with other groups to build a better relationship between the police and the community.
