ST. LOUIS (CBS St. Louis/AP) – Jorge “Jinho” Ferreira feels the tension between being black and carrying a badge every day as a sheriff’s deputy in Alameda County, California.
“I feel like you have to prove yourself on every level,” said Ferreira, 39, who patrols about 30 miles east of San Francisco. “You have to prove yourself to the black community, you have to prove yourself to all of your co-workers, you have to prove yourself to society.”
With the nation roiled by two grand juries’ recent decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men, some black officers say that as they enforce the law, they also wonder whether the system they’re sworn to uphold is stacked against black men.
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The media paints the police as evil and criminals as victims.
ReplyDeleteIts not black and white Its Wright and wrong. Now when your in the wrong its easy to blame others or play the race card.
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ReplyDeleteThe media paints the police as evil and criminals as victims.
December 13, 2014 at 10:37 AM
You're right. They love controversy.
Exactly 10:57...the wefare system and abolishment of the chain gangs/death penalty was the death nell for personal responsibility and consequences for a individual action
ReplyDeleteThe media is the real evil here They are the ones who create perception so basically they create reality and take no responsibility for all of the damage that follows.
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