“I stand in this uniform, and I understand what my obligation is to this uniform, but I can’t compromise my humanity,” said a New York City police detective. Black officers are torn between two worlds when it comes to protests against police brutality.
FILE - In this June 3, 2020, file photo, Atlanta Police Officer J. Coleman, left, and protester Elijah Raffington, of Sandy Springs, fist bump in a symbolic gesture of solidarity outside the CNN Center at Olympic Park, in Atlanta. George Floyd, a black man, died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25 and his death sparked protests. Black officers find themselves torn between two worlds when it comes to the protests against police brutality happening around the U.S.
Richards, president of the NYPD Guardians Association, a fraternal organization, said she was horrified by the video that captured Floyd’s arrest and final moments, and she struggled to understand what could possibly have warranted such “brute force.” The National Black Police Association was blunt in its assessment of Floyd’s death and how law enforcement has historically treated black citizens.
He recalled that the first eight black officers on the Atlanta department, who joined the force nearly a century ago, had to get dressed at a YMCA because their fellow white officers did not want to be in the same locker room with them.
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