Law enforcement
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PublishedDecember 20, 2020
Maine police union group to start legal defense fund for officers
It's partly in response to the killing of George Floyd in May at the hands of Minneapolis police, as well as the widespread social uprisings and scrutiny of police conduct that followed.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2020
Another View: You can’t pin all inequality on racism
Two former Maine chief justices oversimplified a complicated problem.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Leonard Pitts: This is why I’d like you to stop asking me about crime in Chicago
While ‘Black on Black crime’ is, at least sometimes, punished, Police-on-Black crime seldom is.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2020
Maine Voices: Portland chief’s focus on unity, respect welcome, but more work must be done
Now the police force needs to listen carefully to the community without becoming defensive.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2020
Another View: NBA players’ strike was the most powerful message they could send
Slogans and ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-shirts don’t get the point across, even when you’re famous.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2020
Leonard Pitts: The appraisal of how little Black life is worth begins at birth, and never ends
The people seeking ludicrous excuses for the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black Wisconsin man, don’t want to face the real reason.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2020
Commentary: No time for platitudes about racism in our ‘justice system’
In Portland and across Maine, the blame lies not just with law enforcement, but also with higher-ups and all of us who have turned a blind eye.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2020
U.S. attorney for Maine: Law enforcement here paying price for brutality elsewhere
Maine police officers aren’t perfect, but they are always trying to improve and they’re open to progressive policies and procedures.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2020
Maine Voices: There is a nonviolent solution to federal snatch-and-grab teams, dehumanized law enforcement
A half-century of militarization has created police forces without connection to the communities they serve.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2020
Our View: Maine’s racial profiling law won’t work without data
If police don’t record the perceived race of the people they stop, there’s no way to tell if bias plays a role.
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