Diversity Management, News and Updates
When Marilyn Mosby on May 1 announced the charges being filed against the police officers considered responsible for the death of Freddie Gray, she also gave insight into her family. She revealed that she comes from five generations of law enforcement, and expressed that “Law enforcement is pretty much instilled…
Late last month, Sergeant Shannon Dildine of the North Charleston police department was fired after a controversial photo of him wearing nothing except a pair of Confederate flag boxers surfaced from his Facebook. It is unclear when the photo was originally posted. Over the past month, the Confederate flag has…
On July 17, 2014, 43-year-old Eric Garner spoke his final words, which have now become an integral part of the #BlackLivesMatter movement: “I can’t breathe.” Now, almost a year to the day later, Garner’s family and New York City have reached a $5.9 million settlement after the filing of a…
UPDATE: On July 8th, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts was fired by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake amid the continued violence and unrest in Baltimore. Police stations in Baltimore will now be open 24/7, according to the Baltimore Sun. The decision is said to be in response to an op-ed piece that appeared…
By Sheryl Estrada Sen. Cory Booker. Photo by Shutterstock. There are currently no comprehensive federal programs in the U.S. to gather data on police-involved shootings and use of force. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced the Police Reporting of Information, Data and Evidence (PRIDE) Act on June…
By Sheryl Estrada Photo by Shutterstock In 2014 Missouri police officers stopped Black drivers 75 percent more than white drivers, according to a vehicle stops report released June 1 by Attorney General Chris Koster. Fifteen years ago, the state began compiling data on racial disparity in vehicle stops by police,…
With unrest in Baltimore lingering weeks after the riots following Freddie Gray’s funeral, the relationship between the community and the police department remains strained. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has recently made headlines in an attempt to mend this relationship, and now it seems as if Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn…
By Sheryl Estrada 1 Police Plaza Edits made to Wikipedia entries describing events surrounding the deaths of Eric Garner, Sean Belland Amadou Diallo, including allegations of police brutality, have been linked to computers on the New York Police Department’s network. The edits tried to make the details of the events…
By Sheryl Estrada Update: March 3, 2015 at 9:07 a.m. EST Cleveland Mayor Frank Jacksonapologized on Mondayfor the choice of language the city used in court fillings stating Tamir Rice’s actions caused hisdeath. “In an attempt to protect all of our defenses we used words and we phrased things in…
By Sheryl Estrada NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton During a Black History Month event on Tuesday at The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Queens, New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton made an unexpected comment that police caused “many of the worst parts of Black history.” Bratton said…
