Excellent! On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 7:33 AM uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @Merle_Lefkoff
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