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The Detroit Police Department has one of the largest percentages of Black officers of any major city police department, reflecting current overall city demographics. Lawsuits alleging discrimination stemming from the influence of affirmative action and allegations of race-based promotional bias for executive positions have surfaced repeatedly.
May 9—Collection of data on the race of suspects who area police arrest and cite is inconsistent but reveals consistent disparities. The data shows Black people are arrested at a higher rate ...
The census of 2010 reported 70.1% White, 22.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 3.3% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.2% of the population. Arab Americans were at least 4.7% of the region's population.
Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) Florida: 3,139: May 2024 [9] 9: Dallas Police Department (DPD) Texas: 3,121: September 2024 [10] 10: Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Arizona: 2,563: April 2024 [11] 11: Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) New York: 2,508: September 2023 [12] 12: Detroit Police Department (DPD) Michigan: 2,496: January 2024 ...
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Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting extensive officer training as a critical part of the city’s preparations for the Democratic National Convention next week. Roughly 50,000 ...
Long before Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed a black teenager, sparking a public outcry and now a Justice Department probe into the city’s troubled police department, he had established a track record as one of Chicago’s most complained-about cops. Since 2001, civilians have lodged 20 complaints against Van Dyke. None ...
Robert Entman studied how television news impacted white views of blacks in his article Blacks in the News: Television, Modern Racism and Cultural Change, which examined television news stories from four Chicago stations during a 6-month period in 1989–90. He found that crime reporting depicted blacks as more dangerous—at the same time that ...