Fatal police encounters can engender PTSD in non-white communities and forever impact interactions with police. In​ ​the​ ​last​ ​few​ ​years,​ ​we​ ​have​ ​witnessed​ ​in​ ​horror​ ​the​ ​erosion​ ​of​ ​trust​ ​between​ ​public​ ​servants charged​ ​to​ ​protect​ ​the​ ​community​ ​and​ the non-white ​communities​ they serve.​ ​The​ ​killing​ ​of​ ​Philando​ ​Castile​ ​and​ ​Charleena​ ​Lyles​ ​compounded the​ ​horror,​ ​as​ ​their​ ​violent​ ​deaths​ ​were​ ​witnessed​ ​by​ ​their​ ​young​ children,​ ​spouses and,​ ​for​ ​Philando,​ ​social​ ​media. …

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