Police Immunity Commission Too White, Says White Liberal Legislator

A white liberal state legislator is concerned about the racial makeup of a new state commission studying how much immunity from lawsuits Massachusetts police officers should have.

"I do really want to note the composition of this commission. At least in the tiles that I'm seeing, this is a very white commission. I'm surprised by that," state Senator Julian Cyr (D-Truro) said Friday, April 30 during the first meeting of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Qualified Immunity, which occurred online. "And I think that we, particularly as white folks, I'm gonna speak as a white person on this commission, I want to make sure that we're doing really — we're very diligent about hearing from voices of color, who we know have disproportionately been affected and have not, you know, have not been at the equal hand of justice."