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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Kalamazoo cops reacted to proof they profiled
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/2015/2/how-kalamazoo-cops-reacted-to-proof-they-profiled.htmlThere's a video at the link.
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How Kalamazoo cops reacted to proof they profiled (Original Post)
gollygee
Feb 2015
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Sounds like a common sense approach... The guy in the video is right... we all have biases
uponit7771
Feb 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. This is a good start, since we KNOW this happens EVERYWHERE
maybe this will be a start to change things.
This chief is doing the right thing, and it isnt easy to do the right thing in the face of so many racist pukes.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. That police chief is a smart guy; he accepts facts for what they are.
This country could use a lot more like him.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)3. Kick for the new day
I know not a lot of people have time or want to bother to follow a video, but it was good to hear how they choose to do things so differently than they could have.
malaise
(269,155 posts)4. K & R
Get thee to the greatest page
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)5. Sounds like a common sense approach... The guy in the video is right... we all have biases
... and it bothers me to no end the racial mix of the cops to the neighborhoods they patrol.
There should be a mandate that the cops live in those areas ...
Otherwise HUMANS tend to not have a vested interest in the area thriving