freebuddy Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 SATURDAY, DEC 27, 2014 07:00 AM CST Black cops fear other cops Two dozen black NYPD cops tell Reuters that they've been racially profiled by their white colleagues CLIFF WEATHERS Black New York City Police officers often think that they are being racially profiled by their white colleagues, according to a shocking new report by Reuters. The wire service interviewed 25 black male officers, ten current cops and 15 retired. With just one exception, they said that they have been victims of racial profiling by police, both when wearing the uniform and while off duty. For its article, Reuters identified racial profiling as using race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed a crime. In the article, Reuters equates what they experience as the same type of racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life after he was swarmed by police officers and one applied a choke hold to him. The black police officers said their experiences included being pulled over by police for no reason (multiple times for most), being stopped and frisked, thrown into prison vans, and being physically assaulted and threatened. Black cops say that theyve had their heads slammed against vehicles and guns brandished in their faces. The black officers interviewed said they had been racially profiled by white officers exclusively, and about one third said they made some form of complaint to a supervisor. All but one said their supervisors either dismissed the complaints or retaliated against them by denying them overtime, choice assignments, or promotions. The remaining officers who made no complaints said they refrained from doing so either because they feared retribution or because they saw racial profiling as part of the system. Reuters joined a group of black officers at a casual outing, where they discussed the Eric Garner incident and unanimously agreed that his death was avoidable. According to Reuters, the cops that met at a Williamsburg tavern said the methods used against Garner were inadvisable and other options, like talking him down or spraying him with mace could have been employed by their colleagues instead of a choke hold. The NYPD and the Patrolmens Benevolent Association both declined to speak with Reuters. The NYPD also failed to respond to a data request from Reuters showing the racial breakdown of harassment complaints by its officers to its Internal Affairs Bureau. http://www.salon.com/2014/12/27/black_cops_fear_other_cops_partner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Most former presidents are suspicious of Obama... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Well it's been written so I guess it must be true. Any thoughts of your own on the matter freebuddy? Just posting articles without anything else should be banned here. If all you can do is try to make your muddled point by posting article after article then there's no real substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockout Casualty Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Well it's been written so I guess it must be true. Any thoughts of your own on the matter freebuddy? Just posting articles without anything else should be banned here. If all you can do is try to make your muddled point by posting article after article then there's no real substance. Does this really need to be reiterated every time he posts? I'm pretty sure he knows, he just doesn't care. Let his threads fall to Page 2 with no posts, after all isn't lack of attention the best way to deal with attention seekers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmployeeoftheMonth Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Does this really need to be reiterated every time he posts? I'm pretty sure he knows, he just doesn't care. Let his threads fall to Page 2 with no posts, after all isn't lack of attention the best way to deal with attention seekers? Don't worry Lancealot I've taken care of the problem. As a behavioural therapist the answer to your question is no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllEyezOnMe Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Freebuddy your threads are awesome, please continue making them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 in all fairness, the Reuters article that Salon links to through their source is pretty interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Well it's been written so I guess it must be true. Any thoughts of your own on the matter freebuddy? Just posting articles without anything else should be banned here. If all you can do is try to make your muddled point by posting article after article then there's no real substance. Agreed....please add some of your own ideas to the article rather than just do a copy/paste deal. It becomes spam when done that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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