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Sesame Street’s Racism Town Hall Features Kids Asking Heartbreaking Questions About Police Brutality

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As protests continue around the globe in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, some popular Sesame Street characters joined CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill and a group of experts to address the problem of racism and discuss how to fight against it.

In the special titled Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, Jones said that they had received “so many questions” about racism from young children, and he discussed the topic with former Washington, DC police chief Charles Ramsey.

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