Tag: Racial Profiling

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New Phoenix-Area Sheriff Wants to Advance Court-Ordered Reforms

He said he recently had a productive meeting with the court-appointed monitor and pledged to keep open lines of communication with the monitoring team, the judge and the case's community advisory board.

February 28, 2024

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St. Paul Chief Releases Stop Video, Demands Apology from Politician Claiming Racial Profiling

The bodycam footage was released after St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell demanded an apology from the state representative for accusing the officer of racially profiling him.

July 15, 2021

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Consulting Group Conducting Racial Bias Audit of Charleston, SC, Police

An outside consulting group called CNA has been conducting a racial bias audit since February and is expected to continue interviews with officers until into the fall.

July 1, 2019

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2 Virginia Officers Fired Over Confederate Flag Sticker on Clipboard

Two officers with the Tazewell (VA) Police Department declined to resign following an investigation into their behavior stemming from a traffic stop at which a black man claimed one of the officers stopped him because of his race.

June 24, 2019

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Mayor Calls for Audit of LAPD Unit Over Stops of Black Motorists

Mayor Garcetti said the report, which found that Metro officers stop black drivers at a rate more than five times their share of the population, is “something that troubles me and is deeply concerning.”

January 28, 2019

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Video: Councilman Backs Off Claims of Racial Profiling by Texas PD

The McKinney (TX) Police Department released body camera footage of the arrest of a city councilman following a traffic stop. Before seeing the video, Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell had claimed he was racially profiled. But then he saw the footage.

May 11, 2018

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Councilman Backs Off Claims of Racial Profiling by Texas PD

The McKinney (TX) Police Department released body camera footage of the arrest of a city councilman following a traffic stop. Before seeing the video, Councilman La'Shadion Shemwell had claimed he was racially profiled. But then he saw the footage. More Here.

May 11, 2018

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Portland Police Bureau to Halt, Purge All Gang Designations

Portland, OR, police next month will end their more than 20-year-old practice of designating people as gang members or gang associates in response to strong community concerns about the labels that have disproportionately affected minorities.

September 8, 2017

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Video: Chicago Officers Cleared of Racial Profiling Allegations Made by Congressman

Two Chicago Police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush claimed he had been racially profiled during a traffic stop last summer, according to a police spokesman.

February 10, 2017

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Chicago Officers Cleared of Racial Profiling Allegations Made by Congressman

Two Chicago Police officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush claimed he had been racially profiled during a traffic stop last summer, according to a police spokesman. More Here.

February 10, 2017

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Entire Session of Los Angeles Police Commission Focuses on Racial Profiling

On Tuesday, the city’s civilian police commission took the unorthodox step of devoting its entire weekly meeting to the topic of biased policing, as department brass spoke to commissioners and a packed crowd of residents inside City Hall about a 143-page report, which looks at how the LAPD and other agencies investigate allegations of biased policing.

November 15, 2016

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All CA Agencies Must Begin Tracking Use-of-Force Injuries

All 800 police departments in California must begin using a new online tool launched Thursday to report and help track every time officers use force that causes serious injuries.

September 23, 2016