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JERMAINE HARRIS
Chicago Tribune
Earlier this month, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion with retired police Officer Howard Saffold. He spoke about the discrimination and intense racism he faced as a Black officer a mere 50 years ago.
Today, as a front-line supervisor, I work in an era in which my immediate boss is Black and his boss is Black. For the first time in history, the three highest-ranking members of the Chicago Police Department are all African American.
This year has taught me that there has never been a better time in American history to be a Black police officer.
Op-ed: Black police officers like me are poised to play a critical role in reform
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they didn t. they were maybe waiting for just a bit more direct provocation. but it is possible that if they waited too long, one of them might be dead. officer hernandez didn t wait. he didn t wait at all. he was the only officer who chose not to wait for any more provocation and chose to shoot ronald johnson. but by any objective reading of today s evidence, officer hernandez was technically legally justified in that decision to shoot. but, because the chicago police department has lost the trust of the community that it polices, many people there today wondered if they could accept the prosecutor s findings in this case. 30 years ago howard saffold, then a chicago police officer, told me, quote, a quote i will never forget, cops can do things