While decades of sociological research betray the general sentiments of many white citizens, white law enforcement officers continue to maintain even more racially resentful and racially conservative sets of beliefs than white citizens writ large.
“Quit resisting.” — Cops yell at compliant young man who was thrown to the ground, beaten, arrested and hospitalized for severe injuries to his face and arm, allegedly in retaliation for “resisting arrest” by driving to a safe, well-lit area before submitting to a traffic stop for a broken tail light
We’ve all been there before. You’re driving along and you see a pair of flashing blue lights in your rearview mirror. Whether or not you’ve done anything wrong, you get a sinking feeling in your stomach. You’ve read enough news stories, seen enough headlines, and lived in the American police state long enough to be anxious
From record-keeping to use of force, the report found that the SFPD has “significant deficiencies.”
The Department of Justice released a report on the San Francisco police department. In this report, the DOJ found that SFPD has a “lack of accountability”, and uses antiquated “use of force” policies. The report also stated that the DOJ discovered “numerous indicators of implicit and institutionalized bias against minority groups.” As
The shooting less than a mile from police headquarters added to the tensions across the country between the black community and police.
BATON ROUGE, La. — A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition ambushed police in Baton Rouge, shooting and killing three law enforcement officers less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police there in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests that reverberated nationwide. Three other
“The data directly contradicts some of the prevailing assumptions and the proposition that only a small group of rotten apples perpetrate the vast majority of police crime.”
A new study tracking criminal activity perpetrated by police found, on average, three law enforcement officers are arrested each day — around 1,100 cops every year — and, more pointedly, this is not the case of a few rotten apples. “The most common crimes were simple assault, drunken driving and aggravated assault, and significant numbers of sex
While the video is indeed hilarious, it highlights the troublesome and dangerous problem of racial profiling.
Randolph County, NC — In a scathing case of racial profiling, a Randolph County sheriff’s deputy harassed two innocent young black men — because they were in a neighborhood apparently too rich or too white for their skin color. The entire interaction was caught on
“No more free passes for Government employees committing criminal acts.”
Washington, DC – After a review of options by a panel of activists, a petition has been launched on Whitehouse.gov seeking to create a mandatory minimum
