Officer Christopher Ridley

DJ Henry and the Training of Police, Part Four

Phillip Martin | Posted 01.07.2012

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Phillip Martin

In February 2011, when a New York grand jury declined to indict anyone involved in the shooting death of DJ Henry, Henry's family called for a federal investigation.

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Officer-On-Officer Shootouts Had Racial Factor: NYPD Race Bias?

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A panel convened after two officer-on-officer shootings said police departments must confront both overt and unconscious racial bias ...

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Deadly Consequences of Being Black?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

If New York's police force includes so many deadly marksmen, couldn't uncharged suspects merely be stopped without being killed? For pointing out an...

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