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“No One Took Us Seriously”: Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers for Years ProPublica 1/14/2021 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When Kim Dine took over as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in 2012, he knew he had a serious problem. Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. They alleged that white officers call...

Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers For Years - Washington DC, DC - More than 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some say it's no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the Capitol.

Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new: Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building.

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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington By Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica When Kim Dine took over as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in 2012, he knew he had a serious problem. Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. They alleged that white officers called Black colleagues slurs like the N-word and that one officer found a hangman’s noose on his locker. White officer...

WASHINGTON —  The riotous assault on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead and nearly paralyzed the federal government has spurred congressional leaders to demand a “robust” inquiry into the “mind-boggling” failure of national security. “They could have blown the place up. They could have killed us all,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters this week as he demanded answers. Yet congressional leaders need not look far for accountability. Congress itself is both client and o...

Lawmakers want accountability from Capitol Police. But for years, they also rebuffed transparency efforts [Los Angeles Times] The riotous assault on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead and nearly paralyzed the federal government has spurred congressional leaders to demand a “robust” inquiry into the “mind-boggling” failure of national security. “They could have blown the place up. They could have killed us all,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told reporters this week as he demanded a...

>> Katie Benner, The New York Times Published: 13 Dec 2020 11:49 AM BdST Updated: 13 Dec 2020 11:49 AM BdST The Department of Justice in Washington, July 11, 2020. The New York Times Since President Donald Trump took office, the Justice Department has been under sustained attack as he questioned whether the lawyers and investigators who serve the country were loyalists who supported his personal agenda or traitors who should be rooted out and fired. "); } But under President-elect Joe Biden,...