“African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately”
The backup officer on the scene
Carlos Figueroa
The backup officer on the scene
Carlos Figueroa
And an African American officer was standing there at the arrest.
Anybody who is familiar with Cambridge MA knows that it is extremely unlikely that anyone working in the police department is a racist, or does anything in other than the most politically correct way. Way back in the 80's there was a huge issue in Cambridge where a police officer got into an altercation with an African American man and arrested him. There were racial overtones, and as it turned out the African American man was an assistant DA. I recall it was a career ending move for the police officer, and if my memory serves me correctly the chief of police as well. And then the whole department received additional training, etc.
The long string of liberal, and at this point, African American mayors, have made sure that the police department operates in a way which is consistent with their values. Suggesting, as President Obama did, that there is institutional racism among the Cambridge police is nonsense.