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The New York Police Department noticed a 14 percent drop in black officers since 2008. The total dropped from 4,162 to 3,598 this September. Similar declines have taken place in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Officer Delvin White, who was fired by Tampa police in March, returned to work Tuesday after the city’s Civil Service Board voted 3-0 Monday that firing the school resource officer for using the slur on two occasions was too harsh.
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It is unclear if a police reform proposal without changes to qualified immunity could pass the House, where progressive Democrats like Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a former Black Lives Matter activist, have called the removal of qualified immunity a redline.
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Wear-testers will receive 1 of 3 models of HAIX Black Eagle boots. HAIX says it "wants each chosen participant to put our shoes through their paces. And then, after wearing them on the job for 4 weeks, give us their feedback."
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Officer Caleb Lafferty, who is white, and Officer Rondell White, who is black, produced what have been characterized as dark humor videos about racism.
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The "critical Black studies" course aims to take a philosophical look at the relationship between Blackness and policing in the U.S., according to a course description.
Read More →The civil complaint against the city claims the officers were “forced to physically pass and confront the mural every time they entered the Palo Alto Police department,” calling it “offensive, discriminatory and harassing iconography” that fostered a “hostile” and “retaliatory” work environment.
Read More →The report said the Chicago Police Department needs to reevaluate its hiring practices for bias and “assess whether the tests and standards at each stage validly select for job-relevant skills and abilities.”
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Police later said at a news conference that the suspect was found in a treehouse on a property outside Atlanta, where he had multiple flash-bang grenades, rifle plates, body armor, two rifles, two handguns and several boxes of ammunition.
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A crowd of roughly 200 people – many dressed in black – gathered outside the city's Multnomah County Justice Center. Some lit a dumpster on fire and tagged the justice center with graffiti, while others yelled, "Burn the building down," police said.
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