Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law
Here's the SMMRY: https://smmry.com/https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law#&SM_LENGTH=10 > The process required to properly address a police officer's known > identification with groups like the KKK or neo-Nazi skinheads, which have > decades-long histories of violence, might seem arduous, but these are > actually the easy cases. > > Far more frequently, law enforcement officers express bias in ways that are > more difficult for police administrators to navigate. > > New white supremacist organizations and other far-right militant groups can > often form extemporaneously, then splinter, change names, and employ > disinformation campaigns to mask their illicit activities, which makes it > difficult to determine whether an officer's affiliation with a particular > group presents a conflict with law enforcement obligations or not. > > The St. Louis prosecutor placed all 22 of them on a list of police officers > that her office would not call as witnesses, however. > > The San Francisco Police Department attempted to fire nine officers whose > overtly racist, homophobic, and misogynistic text messages were uncovered in > a 2015 FBI police corruption investigation. > > It is perhaps unsurprising then that in 2016 the Justice Department > determined that San Francisco police officers stopped, searched, and arrested > Black and Hispanic people at greater rates than white people even though they > were less likely to be found carrying contraband. > > Previously published material linking the officer to a neo-Nazi group was > reportedly not considered during the investigation, which determined that he > had never "Expressed any racial bias on the job." 18 Samaha, "They Can't Fire > You." The officer's patrol duties were not altered, leaving members of the > community concerned. > > When a police department fails to address allegations of officer involvement > in white supremacist activities in a timely and transparent manner, it can > undermine the public's perceptions of an entire department, particularly when > use of force issues arise. > > 20 Budnick, "The Badge and the Swastika." A second longtime friend of the > officer later confirmed these allegations and contended that the officer had > maintained his Nazi ideology while working at the Portland Police Bureau. > > 21 Budnick, "The Cop Who Liked Nazis." The officer dismantled the shrine and > someone reportedly stashed the plaque in the Portland city attorney's office, > where it remained undiscovered until after the brutality lawsuit had > concluded. -- ↙↙↙ uǝlƃ - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
