Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There’s only one fix. - The Washington Post

Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are. There’s only one fix. - The Washington Post:

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Unshockingly for many people of color, Reddit Hudson details the “dysfunctional culture” of the police with examples of obvious police brutality and zero oversight. He spoke of zero faith in internal investigations as well as being on paid leave as vacations in the eyes of his fellow officers.

One example: A couple of officers ran a Web site called St. Louis Coptalk, where officers could post about their experience and opinions. At some point during my career, it became so full of racist rants that the site administrator temporarily shut it down. Cops routinely called anyone of color a “thug,” whether they were the victim or just a bystander. … Once, I accompanied an officer on a call. At one home, a teenage boy answered the door. That officer accused him of harboring a robbery suspect, and demanded that he let her inside. When he refused, the officer yanked him onto the porch by his throat and began punching him. Another officer met us and told the boy to stand. He replied that he couldn’t. So the officer slammed him against the house and cuffed him. When the boy again said he couldn’t walk, the officer grabbed him by his ankles and dragged him to the car. It turned out the boy had been on crutches when he answered the door, and couldn’t walk. Back at the department, I complained to the sergeant. I wanted to report the misconduct. But my manager squashed the whole thing and told me to get back to work.

Redditt Hudson, a former cop, works for the NAACP and chairs the board of the Ethics Project.

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