police departments
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Study Finds Black Cops Disciplined More Than White Cops
In news that is absolutely shocking to no one, a study has found that Black cops are more likely to be disciplined than white cops. According to Indiana University, despite an equal number of allegations being filed against both groups, Black cops are more likely to face disciplinary action. The study, titled “The Race Discipline…
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BBQ for Speeding Tickets? Police Department Gets Caught Offering Incentives for Cops to Write More Traffic Citations
Despite laws prohibiting police departments from instituting traffic ticket quotas and despite police officials denying that their departments participate in the practice, stories keep popping up involving departments violating the rules or, at the very least, finding loopholes and incentivizing officers to write more tickets. According to Fox5 Atlanta, in Douglassville, Ga., cops wrote 4,000…
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Nothing but Bad Apples in This Bunch: Entire Class of Georgia State Troopers Fired Over Cheating Scandal
The Root’s Michael Harriot once asked a simple yet profound question: “Where are the good cops?” Whenever there’s a new story in the news about a police officer committing an act of police brutality, an extrajudicial killing, racial profiling or any other act of corruption, we’re always given this “one bad apple spoils the whole…
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St. Louis Police Request Permission to Use Mace, Tear Gas on Non-Violent Protesters
In September of 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri sued the city of St. Louis and its police force after officers responded to peaceful demonstrations with excessive force. In what has come to be known as the “kettle,” more than 100 victims were arrested and testified that they were surrounded, beaten, pepper-sprayed and…