Study: 911 calls fell in black neighborhoods after police violence

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(09-29-2016, 01:16 PM)PhilHos Wrote: No, but I never said it was or it wasn't racist, either.

Yeah, you need to read what happened to put the community reactions into perspective:

Quote:In October 2004, Jude, another black man and two women went to a late-night off-duty police party in Bay View, Wis. They stayed a short time, felt unwelcome and left.



But before the four could leave, off-duty officers surrounded their truck and pulled the men out, accusing them of stealing officer Andrew Spengler's badge. 
The other man, Lovell Harris, broke free and ran.


Jude was surrounded by off-duty officers and beaten savagely as he was down and handcuffed on the street. The officers kicked Jude in the head and body, cut off his pants, yanked back his fingers, jammed pens deep into both of his ears and put a gun to his head as they yelled racial slurs, according to court testimony. An on-duty officer arrived but rather than stop it, he joined in the beating.


Jude was arrested, put in a police wagon and taken to the hospital where he remained for several days. No badge was found; no charges were filed.


After the beating, none of the off-duty police officers at the scene would talk to internal department investigators, forming what officials would later call a "blue wall of silence."





Three months after the beating, in February 2005, the Journal Sentinel investigation publicly showed Jude's battered face and reported that no officers had been arrested or charged in the incident.


Three officers were later charged in state court but were acquitted. A subsequent FBI investigation resulted in charges against those three plus five other officers. Seven were convicted and one acquitted. The three main culprits received prison terms between 15 and 17 years.

Not reading the whole thing before you respond that its nonsense it, uh, nonsense.