Racial discrimination evident between officers, community

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April 9, 2015 - 12:00 AM

Police forces across the country say they are trying to make the demographics of their departments better reflect their communities but struggle to find enough people of color to apply.
Little wonder.
Overwhelmingly, minorities in the United States report they feel they are targets of undue violence by the law enforcement community.
Saturday’s alleged fatal shooting of Walter Lamer Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old black man, by a North Charleston, S.C. police officer, is but another nail in the coffin in the defense of police departments.…

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