Tag Archives: Policing

Tampa Bay’s black officers caught in middle of national debate over police and race

Posted on July 20, 2016 by The Soul Brother

By Zachary T. Sampson and Dan Sullivan St. Petersburg police Chief Tony Holloway lost friends when he became a cop. He knows some people hate him for being one. “They don’t see me as a black man, they see me … Continue reading →

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Baltimore cops speak out on Freddie Gray, murder spike

Posted on June 11, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Brooke Baldwin and Dana Ford Forty-two people were killed in Baltimore in May, making it the deadliest month there since 1972. When asked what’s behind that number, a Baltimore police officer gave an alarming answer. Basically, he said, the … Continue reading →

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By the numbers: US police kill more in days than other countries do in years

Posted on June 9, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Jamiles Lartey It’s rather difficult to compare data from different time periods, according to different methodologies, across different parts of the world, and still come to definitive conclusions. But now that we have built The Counted, a definitive record of … Continue reading →

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Texas pool party incident raises questions about wealth and race

Posted on June 9, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Tom Dart   Unlike Ferguson, North Charleston or Baltimore, no one was killed or injured here. This is an affluent, mostly white area without a history of serious racial tension. But the expressions of anger and the demands for … Continue reading →

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Progress After Ferguson? Good Ideas Need Good Implementation

Posted on March 13, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Nelson Lim & Greg Ridgeway Two reports released by the U.S. Justice Department last week have thrust police-community relations back to the center of the national discourse. One clears former police officer Darren Wilson (PDF) in the shooting death … Continue reading →

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