Police Violence Victim Leon Ford Doesn’t Want Revenge…Anymore

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Police Violence Victim Leon Ford Doesn’t Want Revenge…Anymore
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After surviving police violence, media attention and “blood money” are mixed blessings.

Police killings of Black men have their own grim, but established, rituals in American society. But what happens to those who survive police violence? On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Leon Ford, who survived being shot multiple times by Pittsburgh police more than a decade ago.

In his new memoirFord candidly describes his legal, physical, and mental health challenges, and why he eventually dedicated himself to working with police, including reaching out to the man who shot him. He also discusses The Hear Foundation—his non-profit group that builds partnerships between the community and police—and his complicated views of politics, gun violence, and activism.

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