Reuters interviewed 25 African American male officers on the NYPD, 15 of whom are retired and 10 of whom are still serving. All but one said that, when off duty and out of uniform, they had been victims of racial profiling, which refers to using race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed a crime.
The officers said this included being pulled over for no reason, having their heads slammed against their cars, getting guns brandished in their faces, being thrown into prison vans and experiencing stop and frisks while shopping. The majority of the officers said they had been pulled over multiple times while driving. Five had had guns pulled on them.
Even worse, almost universally, when these officers made formal complaints about the incidents to their superiors, they were either dismissed without investigation or the officers were actually retaliated againt for bringing up the incidents.
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.
I know there bad police officers as well as good ones and even more mind boggling to some there are also mediocre police officers, so this report doesn't totally surprise me, but I was curious what everyones thoughts were on the article.
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Even worse, almost universally, when these officers made formal complaints about the incidents to their superiors, they were either dismissed without investigation or the officers were actually retaliated againt for bringing up the incidents.
I know there bad police officers as well as good ones and even more mind boggling to some there are also mediocre police officers, so this report doesn't totally surprise me, but I was curious what everyones thoughts were on the article.