'Truth Has No Color'

Georgia Southern hosts discussion on race relations

GSU sociology lecturer Nathan Palmer, center, moderates a forum Tuesday on race relations in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Mo. The panel featured local educators, community leaders and law enforcement officials.

W 082614 RACE FORUM 02 — GSU sociology lecturer Nathan Palmer, center, moderates a forum Tuesday on race relations in the wake of the events in Ferguson, Mo. The panel featured local educators, community leaders and law enforcement officials.

Local law enforcement and community leaders fielded questions Tuesday night as a crowd of Georgia Southern University students and other citizens discussed race relations and interaction between police and about 150 community members during the “Truth Has No Color” event in the university’s College of Education building. The protests and violence in Ferguson, Missouri, following the recent shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown spawned the forum, organized by Sheila Francois, political action chairwoman for the Georgia NAACP’s Youth and College Division. Brown, who was black and unarmed, died after being shot six times by a white police officer, according to reports.