Terry James
WJBC News
Cummings, center, with local NAACP representatives at NIOTBN's 20th anniversary celebration in downtown Bloomington June 28.
The head of the Bloomington-Normal NAACP said the problem of black men being killed by white police officers is a problem that is growing like a cancer.
President Quincy Cummings is reacting to incidents in Louisiana and Minnesota.
“If they cannot rely on their training to get through a situation such as a traffic stop or an encounter on the street, then they need to hang up their badge plain and simple,” said Cummings.
Cummings said black Americans remain distrustful of the police. He says 99-percent of police have the best interest of the public in mind, but the one percent of police that have personal vendettas need to be rooted out.