Baltimore Police Department has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement in a lawsuit of institutional race discrimination.
Police dismissed internal charges against about 40 officers accused of wrongdoing as a result of an audit.
Baltimore PD made unequal treatment of officers for racial and political reasons.
The lawsuit settlement will be $4.5 million, including a $2.5 million total payout to 15 plaintiffs who contend that black officers were punished more harshly than their white counterparts.
Marvin L. "Doc" Cheatham, president of the local NAACP said "It's clear, and has been clear for a significant period of time, that there were definitely problems within the department. We're just saddened that the city took this much time fighting."
With Obama in the lead things are changing.
We are winning.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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