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Roosevelt Lawrence Jr. speaks respectfully about the history of Black police officers in Detroit, which is also how he feels ...

True to his word, Lawrence would receive his first “badge” as a member of the safety ... And, along the way, at the urging of Black police officers that mentored him, Lawrence began ...

But deaths have only continued to mount. At least five were recorded in 2024, including a New York City recruit who died of ...

At least 29 recruits died during basic training at law enforcement academies around the country in the last decade, an AP ...

For his keynote address to Minneapolis' newest crop of police officers ... at the 19 young men — Black, white, Latino and Asian — as they waited to have their badges pinned.

New Jersey State Police were facing accusations of racial ... Just under 19% were Black and around 13.5% were Hispanic. "Even during the day, when you're sitting in traffic or you're driving ...

Last May, Harrison, who was Suffolk’s first Black police commissioner ... was placed on administrative duty and stripped of his badge and gun, according to a June 1995 New York Times article.

Giga allegedly used racial slurs and Black men beat him up ... long list of disciplinary issues with the police department, this guy does not deserve to wear a badge,” Ellison said.

The men wore black shirts that said “Police” on the front and “ICE ... He carried a fake business card with an image of a badge and threatened to deport a woman at a motel if she didn ...