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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...izes-for-historic-mistreatment-of-minorities/
"U.S. police chiefs group apologizes for ‘historical mistreatment’ of minorities"
The president of America’s largest police organization on Monday issued a formal apology to the nation’s minority population “for the actions of the past and the role that our profession has played in society’s historical mistreatment of communities of color.”
An apology for the role police officers played “in society’s historical mistreatment of communities of color” issued by the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police quickly drew mostly positive reviews from advocacy groups and other law enforcement officials.
IACP leader Terrence Cunningham, speaking Monday at his group’s annual conference, said laws adopted at the federal, state and local level in the past required officers to perform “unpalatable tasks” such as ensuring legalized discrimination.
“While this is no longer the case, this dark side of our shared history has created a multigenerational, almost inherited, mistrust between many communities of color and their law enforcement agencies,” he said. Cunningham said most of today’s officers had nothing to do with those practices and find it difficult to understand the inherent mistrust felt by many minority citizens. Work must be done to build trust, he said.
“The first step in this process is for law enforcement and the IACP to acknowledge and apologize for the actions of the past and the role that our profession has played in society’s historical mistreatment of communities of color,” Cunningham said.
“At the same time, those who denounce the police must also acknowledge that today’s officers are not to blame for the injustices of the past. If either side in this debate fails to acknowledge these fundamental truths, we will be unlikely to move past them.” The Rev. Al Sharpton, who heads the National Action Network, welcomed the apology. NAN issued a statement saying Sharpton “will urge officers around the United States to back his words up with action and legislation to protect
communities of color from the onslaught of police misconduct that has disturbed the country.”