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racist and offensive content on social media. because of the nature and the gravity and the absolute disgusting nature of what someone commented on, it impacts policing and your ability to police. reporter: the move follows a recent report from the plainview project, an advocacy group that analyzed thousands of posts it says came from the facebook accounts of current and former police officers. the project looked at eight jurisdictions nationwide ranging from big cities to rural areas, creating what they call a geographic snapshot of american policing. what they found is disturbing. according to the group, a dallas officer commented about a video of a black man being arrested. quote, this expletive got me dying. another from a phoenix officer says, it s a good day for a choke hold. the group also points out these similar posts by officers in three cities, showing a meme with a confederate flag, saying, this does not offend me, but this does, referring to a picture of two men wearin
social media. because of the nature and the gravity and the absolute disgusting nature of what someone commented on, it impacts policing and your ability to police. reporter: the move follows a recent report from the plain view project, an advocacy group that analyzed thousands of posts it says came from the facebook accounts of current and former police officers. the project looked at eight jurisdictions nationwide ranging from big cities to rural areas, creating what they call a geographic snapshot of american policing. what they found is disturbing. according to the group, a dallas officer commented about a video of a black man being arrested. quote, this expletive got me dying. another from a phoenix officer says, it s a good day for a choke hold. the group also points out these similar posts by officers in three cities, showing a meme with a confederate flag, saying, this does not offend me, but this does, referring to a picture of two men wearing saggy pants. some posts refer
being shot multiple times in sacramento. in his own backyard in sacramento armed with nothing more than a cell phone. the fact of the matter is in america, black skin is presumed to be dangerous. and as such, it is a moral predicate for the use of force. and so most police officers, most trained and experienced and thoughtful, most professional police officers understand that in a hostage situation, for example, the most important tool is diplomacy and judgment. in this country, we do have i hostage situation. the lives and bodies and rights of african-americans are being held hostage by american policing. the fact of the matter is there are police officers that do their work differently and professionally. and they exercise restraint and so it would have i believe it would have ended very differently in the united states. in fact, we ve seen this situation over and over again.
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