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Five bullets, paralysis and the complicated act of forgiveness
Editor’s note: Leon Ford was shot five times by Pittsburgh police in 2012 in a case of mistaken identity that left him paralyzed for life. In the years since, Ford, 33, of Irwin, has become a speaker, activist, author and, now, playwright. “The Weight of Forgiveness” will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. Here, Ford talks about his journey. I have spent almost 14 years trying to understand what happened to me. Not just the five bullets.
Leon Ford: I was shot by the police. Now I'm looking for more of them
For years, I’ve been criticized, sometimes harshly, for encouraging young people in our communities, especially young people of color, to consider careers in law enforcement and public safety. I’ve been told the system is too broken, and that our youth should stay away from it entirely. Yet we cannot discourage people from entering a profession and then be outraged when we don’t see ourselves in it. That is a contradiction that deserves reflection.
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Paralyzed by police, I raged — but now I urge others to wear the badge
Just last week, I spoke to about 40 kids at the city’s Cops and Kids Summer Camp — young, open-hearted kids. If you know my story, you know how unlikely that moment might seem. I told them the truth, just like one of my mentors once told me to tell my son as he grew up: my truth, the officer’s mistakes, my own mistakes. One girl said she used to be afraid of police but now sees there are good ones. That stuck with me.
An Unspeakable Hope
An Unspeakable Hope By Leon Ford Read by Leon Ford / With Jeffrey Renard Allen Brutality, Forgiveness, and Building a Better Future for My Son Hardcover LIST PRICE $28.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Table of Contents About The Book A “powerful and insightful” (Cyntoia Brown-Long, author of Free Cyntoia) memoir in the vein of Just Mercy and The Sum of Us that upends our understanding about the future of policing in the United States and explores how we can begin healing from systemic injustice.
Leon Ford and Evan Feinberg: Healing communities in Pittsburgh
In major cities across the country, violent crime remains stubbornly higher than it was pre-pandemic. Pittsburgh is no exception, with the homicide rate up 25%. If we want more peaceful communities, we must develop better relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Bridging the divides between law enforcement and our communities requires our citizens, entrepreneurs, organizations and government officials working together to produce bottom-up solutions.
Police shooting survivor Leon Ford: 'We all failed Antwon Rose.' | Perspective
Six years after a police officer mistook me for a criminal and shot to kill, it’s happened again, only a few miles from where I live. This time, the victim was 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. The police shot him in the back as he ran from a stopped car. Unlike me, it cost him his life. When I met his mother, all I could feel was a mix of rage and regret. In the six years since I started traveling around the country to tell my story, nothing has changed. I feel guilty to be alive.
Who Are We if We Separate Ourselves from Our Past?
Leon Ford, a motivational speaker, social activist and author of "Untold," recently spoke at Northwestern University. He is also a BMe Public Voices Fellow — BMe is an award-winning network of community builders known nationally for defining people by their positive contributions to society. I was at a car wash not too far from my home in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, when I heard a man I didn't know call out my name.
Why I, a Survivor of Police Violence, Find Jeff Sessions’ Remarks So Disturbing
In 2012 I was shot five times by Pittsburgh police. Although I survived, I was paralyzed and, soon thereafter, charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, charges that were thrown out three years later.
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