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Inside the Mind of a Black Baltimore Cop
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08.05.2015
When riots erupted in Baltimore after a young African-American man named Freddie Gray died in police custody, pundits and protesters flocked to the airwaves and streets offering their perspective.
The voice of one group, though, has not been heard: What do Baltimore's black police officers who were raised in the city have to say about what's happened to their community?
Two black officers from the city's Police Department decided to answer that question. Both men asked not to be identified for fear of retribution.
One officer said, ""I felt funny in my uniform for the first time...people looked at me like I was crazy."
The two officers were calm and relaxed despite the recent chaos where they stood side-by-side with white officers, getting pummeled by rioters.
One of them asked rhetorically, "don't you think I get tired of coming to work and all I'm arresting is black guys?"
The voice of one group, though, has not been heard: What do Baltimore's black police officers who were raised in the city have to say about what's happened to their community?
Two black officers from the city's Police Department decided to answer that question. Both men asked not to be identified for fear of retribution.
One officer said, ""I felt funny in my uniform for the first time...people looked at me like I was crazy."
The two officers were calm and relaxed despite the recent chaos where they stood side-by-side with white officers, getting pummeled by rioters.
One of them asked rhetorically, "don't you think I get tired of coming to work and all I'm arresting is black guys?"
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