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LAPD Faces $2.4M Payouts To Black, Lesbian Officers

The city of Los Angeles is facing payouts of $1.2 million and $1.24 million to LAPD officers who sued the department, claiming discrimination, reports the Los Angeles Times.

March 27, 2013

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Chris Dorner: The Injustice Collector

Southern California cop killer Christopher Dorner was an injustice collector. If you read his lengthy and rambling manifesto, you will see that he filed away every little slight, real or imagined, and compiled an enemies list of people he wanted to pay back.

March 4, 2013

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The Dorner Rampage is Over…Now Comes the Repercussions

If I could somehow shoehorn Det. Jeremiah MacKay's name a million times over his shooter's, I would.

February 25, 2013

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Lawsuit: Pa. Trooper Fired for Writing Reports In Ebonics

In the lawsuit, William Peake, 29, claims he faced discrimination from his mostly white fellow troopers after he was stationed at the Uniontown barracks.

December 5, 2012

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Feds Accuse N.C. Sheriff of Discriminatory Policing

The Department of Justice accused the Alamance County (N.C.) Sheriff's Office in a Tuesday letter of violating the Constitution by racially profiling and targeting Latinos.

September 17, 2012

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Trayvon Martin: The Gunfire Next Time

For a yoctosecond, I found myself initially jumping on the P.C. bandwagon believing that if Trayvon was white that he'd still be jabbering on his cell phone today. But as the back and forth allegations of "racist shooting" and "slanted media bias" gained momentum, I wondered if the string-pulling puppeteers of the three-ring big top—CBS, NBC, and ABC—hadn't gotten the better of me.

April 3, 2012

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Black Officers Claim Hiring Discrimination In Syracuse

In a federal lawsuit, three black Syracuse police officers claim racial discrimination in promotion and hiring practices by the department.

February 28, 2012

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Black Boston Officers File Discrimination Suit

Nine black Boston police supervisors failed to advance in the department because of a discriminatory exam, according to a federal lawsuit filed yesterday that underscores the long-running tension between minority officers and department commanders.

February 14, 2012

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NAACP: Increase Black Troopers In N.J.

George Gore, the political action chairman of the NAACP's New Jersey chapter, said the consent decree requires good-faith efforts to recruit blacks, and "they have not lived up to that."

October 6, 2011

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Feds Consider Racial Probe of LASD for Housing Checks

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department may face a federal civil rights probe that will look into claims that Antelope Valley deputies harassed black residents living in government-subsidized housing.

August 21, 2011

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NAACP: End 'Flawed' War on Drugs

NAACP delegates approved a resolution that sets out to outline "the facts about the failed drug war" and points out that the U.S. spends over $40 billion annually to lock up "low-level drug offenders, mostly from communities of color," according to the group.

July 26, 2011

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Anchorage PD Chief Defends Department Against Charges of Racism

Responding to the claims of two veteran detectives who contend the Anchorage Police Department is rife with racism, Police Chief Mark Mew said Wednesday that the force does not tolerate discrimination.

June 30, 2010