Police, racial tensions discussed at All Lives Matter forum

Members of the Havre and Montana State University-Northern communities assembled in Northern's Student Union Building Ballroom Monday night to take part in All Lives Matter, a forum about the root causes of tension between African Americans and law enforcement.

Christina Estrada-Underwood, director of the Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs at MSU-Northern, said that the idea to hold the forum came when Northern senior Badhasa Margarsa came to her and said a number of students were interested in discussing the issue.

The conversation took place as the deaths of several Afr...