By Jason Taylor
Apr 13, 2021
DES MOINES, IA - The Iowa Chapter of The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives wants a thorough investigation into a former Des Moines officer.
The group is calling comments by former Sgt. Greg Wessels extremely inflammatory.
It also says the comments insinuated extreme racial violence against a command staff member of color.
Wessels resigned last week after the department launched an investigation into his comments and placed him on admirative leave.
Wessels was part of a $75,000 lawsuit settlement last year after being accused of using pepper spray on a 17-year-old girl and throwing her to the ground.
By Jason Taylor
Apr 13, 2021
DES MOINES, IA - The Iowa Chapter of The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives wants a thorough investigation into a former Des Moines officer.
The group is calling comments by former Sgt. Greg Wessels extremely inflammatory.
It also says the comments insinuated extreme racial violence against a command staff member of color.
Wessels resigned last week after the department launched an investigation into his comments and placed him on admirative leave.
Wessels was part of a $75,000 lawsuit settlement last year after being accused of pepper straying a 17-year-old girl and throwing her to the ground.
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Police chiefs throw support behind Biden s civil rights pick
by Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 9, 2021 7:05 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 9, 2021 at 7:11 pm EDT
WASHINGTON Dozens of police chiefs who ran some of America’s largest police forces are lending their support to Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated to run the Justice Department’s civil rights division.
In a letter to congressional leaders Friday, the law enforcement leaders from more than three dozen cities say Clarke has “demonstrated an uncanny ability to work closely with federal and state and local law enforcement officials” through years as a prosecutor and civil rights advocate.
Dozens of police chiefs who ran some of America s largest police forces are lending their support to Kristen Clarke, who has been nominated to run the Justice Department s civil rights division. In a letter to congressional leaders Friday, the law enforcement leaders from more than three dozen cities say Clarke has demonstrated an uncanny ability to work closely with federal and state and local law enforcement officials through years as a prosecutor and civil rights advocate. The signers include Bill Bratton, who was commissioner of the New York Police Department and Los Angeles police chief; Charles Ramsey, who ran the police forces in Philadelphia and Washington, DC; former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis and dozens of others.