[FRIAM] Brennan Center report on racist cops

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law

Here's the SMMRY:
https://smmry.com/https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law#&SM_LENGTH=10
> The process required to properly address a police officer's known identification with groups like the KKK or neo-Nazi skinheads, which have decades-long histories of violence, might seem arduous, but these are actually the easy cases.
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> Far more frequently, law enforcement officers express bias in ways that are more difficult for police administrators to navigate.
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> New white supremacist organizations and other far-right militant groups can often form extemporaneously, then splinter, change names, and employ disinformation campaigns to mask their illicit activities, which makes it difficult to determine whether an officer's affiliation with a particular group presents a conflict with law enforcement obligations or not.
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> The St. Louis prosecutor placed all 22 of them on a list of police officers that her office would not call as witnesses, however.
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> The San Francisco Police Department attempted to fire nine officers whose overtly racist, homophobic, and misogynistic text messages were uncovered in a 2015 FBI police corruption investigation.
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> It is perhaps unsurprising then that in 2016 the Justice Department determined that San Francisco police officers stopped, searched, and arrested Black and Hispanic people at greater rates than white people even though they were less likely to be found carrying contraband.
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> Previously published material linking the officer to a neo-Nazi group was reportedly not considered during the investigation, which determined that he had never "Expressed any racial bias on the job." 18 Samaha, "They Can't Fire You." The officer's patrol duties were not altered, leaving members of the community concerned.
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> When a police department fails to address allegations of officer involvement in white supremacist activities in a timely and transparent manner, it can undermine the public's perceptions of an entire department, particularly when use of force issues arise.
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> 20 Budnick, "The Badge and the Swastika." A second longtime friend of the officer later confirmed these allegations and contended that the officer had maintained his Nazi ideology while working at the Portland Police Bureau.
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> 21 Budnick, "The Cop Who Liked Nazis." The officer dismantled the shrine and someone reportedly stashed the plaque in the Portland city attorney's office, where it remained undiscovered until after the brutality lawsuit had concluded.



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