Another Side of Police Bias in Baltimore: How Officers Treat Women

WASHINGTON — For the past two years, ever since 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer, America has been enmeshed in a wrenching discussion about how the police treat young black men.

But this week’s blistering report from the Justice Department on police bias in Baltimore also exposed a different, though related, concern: how the police in that majority-black city treat women, especially victims of sexual assault.

In six pages of the 163-page report documenting how Baltimore police officers have systematically violated the rights of African-Americans, the Justice Department also painted a picture of a police culture deeply dismissive of sexual assault victims and hostile toward prostitutes and transgender people. It branded the Baltimore Police Department’s response to sexual assault cases “grossly inadequate.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/us/baltimore-police-sexual-assault-gender-bias.html?emc=edit_th_20160812&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=60905533&_r=0


Huffington Post writes: Baltimore Police Used Force 2,818 Times In Six Years. They Found One Violation – See more at: http://www.polizei-gewalt.com/baltimore-police-used-force-2818-times-in-six-years-they-found-one-violation/#sthash.sqU1uk8w.dpuf