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08-10-2016, 11:56 PM
Justice Department says Baltimore police civil rights violations are rampant
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The Department of Justice's 163-page report on the Baltimore City Police Department, released Wednesday, says city police are often racist and ***ist, use excessive force, practice retaliation, and engage in unconstitutional stops and arrests, especially of black residents.
SEE ALSO: Black Lives Matter: The timeline of a movement (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/black-lives-matter-mike-brown-ferguson-timeline/)
The report (http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/3009471/Bpd-Findings-8-10-16.pdf) is damning, though largely unsurprising to many black Americans.
The report has been devoured online, with many people pulling specific details that they found stunning or **teworthy.
Here are some of the key passages that highlight problems with the police department. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/department-of-justice-report-baltimore-police/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Department of Justice's 163-page report on the Baltimore City Police Department, released Wednesday, says city police are often racist and ***ist, use excessive force, practice retaliation, and engage in unconstitutional stops and arrests, especially of black residents.
SEE ALSO: Black Lives Matter: The timeline of a movement (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/black-lives-matter-mike-brown-ferguson-timeline/)
The report (http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/3009471/Bpd-Findings-8-10-16.pdf) is damning, though largely unsurprising to many black Americans.
The report has been devoured online, with many people pulling specific details that they found stunning or **teworthy.
Here are some of the key passages that highlight problems with the police department. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/department-of-justice-report-baltimore-police/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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