Women officers have proven to be better at defusing potentially violent confrontations with citizens, before those encounters turn deadly.
of an unarmed woman named Justine Damond resulted in Minneapolis’s first female police chief Janee Harteau being pushed out, threatening the gains women had made in the department.follows three women police officers—including Sgt.
Alice White, pictured above—as each tries in their own way, at their own levels in the department, to play a role in bringing equity to the Minneapolis PD. Following three female police officers—Cmdr. Melissa Chiodo, the first woman head of Special Crimes; Sgt. Alice White, who leads procedural justice trainings; and rookie Officer Erin Grabosky, who works the night patrol—Here at ., our team is continuing to report through this global health crisis—doing what we can to keep you informed and up-to-date on some of the most underreported issues of this pandemic. —we can’t do it without you.Fishel’s film captures the frustrations and hopes of Chiodo, White and Grabosky, who all struggle in different ways with the challenges of being a woman in a predominantly and traditionally male profession. “It’s complicated because I don’t think you can make a film that’s just about gender,” said Fishel. “I think the film is really about the intersection between gender, race and violence in American policing, and I don’t think that connection is often made nor is the question being asked what could women bring to help transform police departments. Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival RedefinedMinneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival —which is going virtual this year due to the pandemic—offers local audiences a chance for a sneak peek screening of the film. “When the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival decided to do a virtual fest, we decided, because of the opportunity to show the film in the city where it was made, to do it,” Fishel told“This is the home town screening. This is the community where this happened. This is where these police women live, and where there has been a lot of pain around policing and around police brutality.” is the closing night film on Saturday, May 23rd. Tickets to view the film are geo-blocked for Minnesotans; a Minnesota billing address is required to purchase a ticket. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Deirdre Fishel—open to all people, regardless of their geo-location. (
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