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Edited by Moon Made Waves: 8/11/2016 12:09:20 PM
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Justice Department: Baltimore Police violated civil rights

[b]-One African-American man in his 50s was stopped 30 times in less than four years; none of the stops resulted in a citation or criminal charge[/b] Can we put this argument to bed now? As it turns out, systemic racism in policing was and still is a thing. [i][b]***edit:[/b]since none of you could be bothered to read the actual article or the report and keep focusing on the 1 excerpt out of the report I provided as if that and only that was the basis of the report here are more excerpts: [/i] [b]- Officers "publicly strip-searched a woman following a routine traffic stop for a missing headlight." They even searched the woman's anal cavity. They found nothing.[/b] [b]- A black officer with a reputation for speaking out over misconduct was harassed by a supervisor, who placed signs warning him to “stay in your lane” and “mind your own business” on his desk. [/b] [b]- An officer decided not to report a colleague for planting drugs because he feared retaliation.[/b] [b]- The Justice Department found that officers had been accused more than 60 times of using the word “n****r,” but the Baltimore Police Department didn’t classify the language as a racial slur.[/b] **The full report is available for download here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/09/us/document-Baltimore-P-D-Findings-Report-FINAL.html

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  • Edited by pl0785: 8/11/2016 8:11:21 AM
    Sure. There is racism. But.... Police interact with some real shitty people every day. When a lot of shitty people happen to look similar, it colors peoples thoughts. I'm more worried about the incredible amount of violent crime generated by the black community. Racism sucks, but it's largely invisible and hard to prove. There are tangible problems we'd be better off addressing.

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