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Saturday, May 09, 2015

US launches its own investigation of Baltimore police

The Justice Department waded anew Friday into fraught big city police-community relations, with new Attorney General Loretta Lynch declaring the subject “one of the most challenging issues of our time.” She announced a wide-ranging investigation into Baltimore’s police.

The federal civil rights investigation, which city officials requested following the death last month of a man in police custody, will search for discriminatory policing practices and examine allegations that Baltimore officers too often use excessive force and make unconstitutional searches and arrests.

The investigation is to build upon the government’s voluntary and collaborative review of the Baltimore police that began last year. Since then, the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray and the days of rioting that followed exposed a “serious erosion of public trust,” Lynch said, and showed that community concerns about the police were more pervasive than initially understood and that a broader investigation was warranted.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 9, 2015 at 2:27 PM

    This is such a ruse. The DOJ's been reviewing BPD since last Oct-


    U.S. Department of Justice Announces Collaborative Reform Initiative with Baltimore Police Department

    COPS OFFICE WILL ASSESS BALTIMORE POLICE POLICIES, TRAINING, AND OPERATIONS AS THEY RELATE TO USE OF FORCE AND INTERACTIONS WITH CITIZENS"

    Then-

    In a March (2015) White House report on police reforms, Obama and his Task Force on 21st Century Policing praised Baltimore’s force and its black chief for “implementing national best practices for policies and training,” including “use of force” reforms. His task force even quoted Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, who said he changed “outdated procedures” that “put officers at odds with the community.”

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  2. AnonymousMay 9, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    I hope this investigation includes the order for the police to stand down while over 200 businesses were being destroyed.

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  3. AnonymousMay 9, 2015 at 8:03 PM

    All BS. When the black mayor called Obamas buddy Sharpton in the game was starting. And the stupid black community will accept anything they say. Bbbaaaaaaa@Bbbaaaaaaa says the sheep.

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  4. AnonymousMay 9, 2015 at 8:54 PM

    idiots

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  5. Claudia BalzacMay 9, 2015 at 10:34 PM

    Kind of hard to eke out charges of "racism" when most of the players are black.

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  6. AnonymousMay 9, 2015 at 10:56 PM

    Bid deal. Nothing there. Act like trash get treated like trash. They know to keep their liberal asses across the bridge. O will even travel below Cambridge for good reason. Ever see him in Weekemekoo lol

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