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Let's Talk About it with Jenny/The role of the Black police in today's society.

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In today's society where the white policeman is accused of racism in their dealings with Black people, where does the Black policeman stand? As nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice contine to rage throughout the U.S., many black police officers are facing the intersection of their identity and profession.

Black officers also make up a declining percentage in many police departments throughout the country, which is in part due to years of deep distrust with law enforcement.

Being a black police officer during one of the largest periods civil unrest in recent history is hard as hell says retired police officer Charles P. Wilson, who is now national chairman of the Nat'l. Ass. of black law enforcement officers. Wilson served as the first black police chief in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1988 to the mid 1990s. He says the death of George Floyd is disturbing and disappointing.

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