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To be quite frank, this is a really unfair mischaracterization. The article describes black police officer's direct interactions with racism. One of them descri
by culi 5y ago
To be quite frank, this is a really unfair mischaracterization. The article describes black police officer's direct interactions with racism. One of them describes often hearing "She’s one of the Blacks that’s OK." Another described hearing the N word by white officers at work since their very first day. They also pointed out things like the fact that the mostly white Fraternity of Police voted 84% no confidence in the Black police chief (they had also been very vocally opposed to him even during the campaign that led to him being chief). While a vote amongst Black police officers found 89% approval of the chief.
This isn't just "trying too hard to find racism behind every rock". This is very clear examples, using both data and personal experiences, that illustrate what it's like to be a Black police officer in that department