Cariol Horne, Former Buffalo
Police Officer
Police Officer
Cariol Horne is my newest social justice hero. A Black Buffalo, New York police officer in 2006, she forcibly intervened when her fellow officer Gregory Kwiatkowski was viciously beating Neal Mack, a Black man.
Cariol Horne reaffirms my conviction that no matter the obstacles, if we hold fast to a vision of justice and keep moving toward it, we will indeed overcome.She heard Mack gasp, "I can't breathe" after Kwiatkowski put him in a chokehold, with a knee to the neck.
"Let him go!" she screamed.
But Kwiatkowski didn't move. Read More