by: LaSalle Blanks, News8 Reporter Posted: Jan 30, 2021 / 06:19 PM EST / Updated: Jan 30, 2021 / 10:31 PM EST NAUGATUCK, Conn. (WTNH) — The NAACP and Naugatuck Mayor Pete Hess are considering ways to work with the community to talk about race, understanding, and healing. This comes after the police chief’s daughter’s racist Snapchat posts were discovered, two years after they were sent out. The posts have caused a public outcry in the borough. Naugatuck High School students marched to the Green earlier this week to rally against racism. Mayor Hess was at the rally, saying students had a right to feel hurt and be heard. He had a meeting with local NAACP leaders the night before the rally. Several more meetings are planned. “It’s a process, and it’s not over yet,” said Mayor Hess. “They’ll be doing their own analysis and thinking about recommendations, and they’ll be coming back and talking with us.” One idea the NAACP and the mayor have to help heal the community is to start forums on race. “We all know these types of mindsets are taught behaviors. So, it’s a cross-section of having training not only for the police but for…
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Community forums on race in the works to help Naugatuck heal from racist social media posts
