BEFORE BLACK PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND AND DELIVER JUSTICE IN A MORE SOPHISTICATED WAY, WE NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE LOST OUR HUMANITY DUE TO 400 YEARS OF OPPRESSION AND TYRANNY. OUR FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRAUMATIC IMPACT ON BLACK POWER THINKING IS AN UNSURMOUNTABLE DETERMINANT TO BETTER POLICING OURSELVES.