Written by: Ikeshia Smith, Psy.D., LSW The Clinical Cookout, LLC TCC stands strongly against police brutality and those whose lives have been lost to gun violence. While we acknowledge the importance of having individual rights and abiding by the law, TCC continues to support victims and their families who have been negatively affected by systemic injustices. TCC recognizes the pain and suffering these injustices have caused to many communities, specifically to the Black and Brown communities. Over time, minorities have campaigned, marched, and fought hard to ensure the lives of minority women and men are treated fairly by the judicial system but have been met with stagnation on police and community reform, their cries fallen on deaf ears of political leaders, and subjected to execution-style killings by the very people who are to protect and serve their communities. Just as of recently, a 20-year-old Black man, named Donovan Lewis, was fatally killed by Columbus Police while in his