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Originally Posted by cuervo72
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Two very differing perspectives, which highlights one of the things that make this issue so hard to definitively refine. The culture within Police departments can and will vary immensely from city to city, state to state. Multiple factors contribute to this including leadership within the department, the racial makeup of both the police and community, general overall race relations within the community and the economic strength of the community.
Based on what we have heard or has come to light I can believe the 15/70/15 split exists in St Louis or Chicago, while it is likely not the same here in Phoenix for example. I use Phoenix because I am good friends with a black female police officer here and while acknowledging there are bad apples, raves about the most officers she works with and the overall amount of good officers in the Phoenix PD. And if she felt there was an issue, she would speak about it with swiftness.
That is why it is so exasperating to me to see both sides of the debate often painted with such a broad brush.