On a day of remembrance, Sheila Rae remembers that the relationship between Austin's black community and the Austin Police Department is in need of some help right now.
"I have a nephew right now that the police are looking for him. I am so scared for him that if he doesn't surrender, they're going to kill him," Rae said.
Rae, like others in Austin's black community, worries about what will happen the next time an officer approaches someone black in East Austin.
"They don't know whether they are going to get shot or just gun happy," Rae said.
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Community
News 8's Reagan Hackleman explains what the NAACP will be doing to help heal a wounded community.
 
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While police continue investigating the May 11 shooting death of Nathaniel Sanders by Senior Patrol Officer Leonardo Quintana, Austin's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is working hard to change things within Austin's black community.
"I think if we had proper community involvement, a lot of theses shootings would not have taken place," Austin's NAACP President Nelson Linder said.
Linder said their first meeting since the shooting will include getting the community more involved.
"What we have to do is be more preventative and begin to create an environment that produces job training and mutual respect," Linder said.
The meeting will also look at the Austin Fire Department and the lack of diversity in its upper ranks.
"I think there's growth there and we have a lot of positive energy despite what happened a few weeks ago," Linder said.
Sanders' shooting reignited tension between Austin's black community and the police department, but now many are saying it's time to come together as a community to create change.
The meeting will take place Tuesday from 6 - 7 p.m. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, at 1010 E. 10th St.
