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Concerns over racist myths being perpetuated by an Albany Police detective have prompted the Chair of the Community Police Review Board to ask the Common Council to intervene.
Nairobi Vives says she couldn t believe her eyes and ears over disheartening images of people of color accompanied by racist remarks she says she and others were subjected to during a training session intended to share the principles of policing with interested local residents led by Lt. Howard Schecter. I was really moved to write a letter about what is happening in this class, at least from this one presenter, Lieutenant Detective Schecter. Using this platform in this position of power to spread lies and, you know, racist myths about the Black community. And the bigger piece that really hit me was that, like I said, in the letter, you know, when I reported my experience back to the rest of the board, I was, you know, told that this same person, we later figured out that it was the same presenter, h
Editorial: It s more than tear gas
Times Union Editorial Board
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Police at South Station in Albany last week.Eduardo Medina / Times Union, Eduardo Medina / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Police and protesters clashed at the South Station Wednesday night in Albany.Eduardo Medina / Times Union, Eduardo Medina / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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It seems incongruous in a free society for law enforcement to use on civilians a chemical agent that’s been banned on battlefields for nearly a century. So it’s commendable that Albany is looking to restrict the use of tear gas by police.