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    David Clarke, black Milwaukee sheriff: ‘I’m living testament’ America not racist

    David Clarke, black Milwaukee sheriff: ‘I’m living testament’ America not racist


    Milwaukee’s tough-talking black sheriff, David Clarke, argued this week that white Americans have “made great strides” in healing race relations, and that sooner or later they’re going to grow tired of having their noses “rubbed in the past sins of ... more >

    By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - Wednesday, December 10, 2014

    Milwaukee’s tough-talking black sheriff, David Clarke, argued this week that white Americans have “made great strides” in healing race relations, and that sooner or later they’re going to grow tired of having their noses “rubbed in the past sins of slavery.”


    “The inconvenient truth here is that too often times, disparately as a matter of fact, the perpetrators are young black males,” Sheriff Clarke told Fox News host Neil Cavuto, according to a video provided by The Daily Surge.


    “That’s the discussion that we should be having in this country, instead of papering it over with things like targeting the police and cop bashing, which the president of the United States, Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, and their cabal are doing right now so that they don’t really have to deal with the real issue in the country as it relates to crime, and it’s the disproportionate involvement by young black males,” he said.


    The sheriff went on to say that those pushing “false” narratives such as “hands up, don’t shoot” and “black lives matter” aren’t going after the core of the issue because the cutesy slogans are “easier to peddle.”


    “We have to talk about the violence and who the perpetrators are,” Sheriff Clarke said, arguing that many young black males have “no care whatsoever for their fellow man.”


    He argued that the media need to “confront this ugly truth, and talk about it.”


    “Don’t continue to use these very isolated incidents of police use of force and try to make it seem like that’s the problem in America. The police aren’t what’s wrong about America. The police are one of the last things that’s right about America,” Sheriff Clarke said.

    “Look, we all know that race is an explosive issue in America, but I’ll tell you one thing that I think is going to start happening soon, Neil, and that’s white society is going to get tired of having their nose rubbed in the past sins of slavery. We know what it did. We know what happened in this country, but white society has made great strides in trying to right that wrong. That’s another narrative that’s not being peddled here. I think I’m living testament to the fact that this country has changed.”


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    Black officers torn between duty and race

    By JESSE J. HOLLAND and KRISTIN J. BENDER 10 hours ago



    Jorge "Jinho" Ferreira feels the tension between being black and carrying a badge every day as a sheriff's deputy in Alameda County, California.

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    "I feel like you have to prove yourself on every level," said Ferreira, 39, who patrols about 30 miles east of San Francisco. "You have to prove yourself to the black community, you have to prove yourself to all of your co-workers, you have to prove yourself to society."

    With the nation roiled by two grand juries' recent decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men, some black officers say that as they enforce the law, they also wonder whether the system they're sworn to uphold is stacked against black men.


    In interviews conducted by Associated Press reporters across the nation, retired and active black officers expressed concern about how black men are treated by the largely white police forces in the United States, an issue that has led to protests alleging police brutality. The officers say they want change just as much as anyone else, and advocate for it where they can because they, too, have something to lose.


    "A lot of us have sons, and we want to make sure our colleagues are treating our young boys with dignity and respect," said Oakland Police Lt. LeRonne Armstrong, a 16-year veteran.


    Since the summertime deaths of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, 43, who gasped "I can't breathe" while being arrested for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes in New York, thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest their deaths, the grand juries' decisions — and the nation's police forces.

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    Caught in the middle are blacks working in law enforcement. There were an estimated 55,267 African-Americans in local police departments and an additional 15,500 in sheriff's departments in 2007, the latest information available from the Justice Department.

    "We're called things like Uncle Toms and traitors to our community, in spite of the fact that we sympathize or we agree with the anger that our community holds, because we feel that same anger," said Noel Leader, a retired New York City police sergeant who in 1995 co-founded an advocacy group, 100 Blacks In Law Enforcement Who Care.


    Black officers point out that they contend with many of the same racial issues as black civilians, such as stereotypes, racism on the job and even confrontations with the police. Black plainclothes or undercover police officers have been shot by their white counterparts, as in the 2009 death of NYPD Officer Omar J. Edwards, who was killed while he was chasing a man who had broken into his car.


    "I understand that when I am given directions from the police, I am very cautious and careful to comply with their demands or commands until it could be understood what is really going on," said Michael Williams, a 15-year veteran and president of the police union Memphis Police Association.

    "We have to take responsibility for our actions, even in the black community, and we can avoid a whole lot of this."


    Kevin A. Minor, a St. Louis County Police recruitment officer and field training officer, remembers being followed around a discount store by a security officer while trying to shop. "If that's what makes him feel like he's doing his job, oh well," Minor said. "Because I know why I'm there, and I'm going to leave there with what I'm going to buy and that's it."

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    Task forces and commissions around the nation are being formed to study ways to improve relations between police forces and minorities. Three high-ranking House Democrats on Tuesday pressed for congressional hearings on police tactics and race, and President Barack Obama told Black Entertainment Television, in an interview aired Monday, that a variety of factors, from training to subconscious racial fears, have combined to create "a national problem that's going to require a national solution."

    While acknowledging the rage felt by communities that feel persecuted by the police, some of the black officers were not quick to blame race for some of the deadly encounters.


    "I believe that some of these incidents could have been prevented if you comply with the law," Williams said. "If someone says put your hands up, put your hands up."


    Ferreira says he felt inspired to become a law enforcement officer after attending a rally decrying Oscar Grant's shooting death at the hands of a white transit police officer in Oakland 2009. But he also says there often is nothing racial about how officers operate.


    "There are two people involved that decide the outcome: It's the cop and the suspect," Ferreira said. "Both of them contribute to the outcome of the interaction. It's not going to be the color of one's skin."


    Black officers say they can help quell some of the hostility between police and the communities they patrol. "I think law enforcement leaders have to recognize that minority officers can be that bridge to build trust because they understand where the mistrust comes from," Armstrong said.

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