Here Are Some Of The Most Shocking Parts Of DOJ’s Report On Baltimore Police

[Nitram]

WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department formally released a damning report on Wednesday detailing the routine abuse inflicted on Baltimore residents by the city’s police department.

Baltimore police regularly performed unconstitutional stops, frisks and arrests ― which disproportionately targeted black residents ― and held an “us-versus-them” mentality, the report says. The Justice Department also found that officers retaliated against citizens, took a lax approach to sexual assault cases, employed excessive force too freely and used slurs against LGBT people.

A list of abuse with excerpts from the report at the link.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/baltimore-police-doj-report_us_57ab4624e4b0db3be07c7e8a?section=&

[Iggo]

1. Cops.

Wonderful people, ain't they?

[DLevine]

2. A must-read. Just horrifying. WTF is wrong with these cops. nt