BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) A two-year investigation into a Vermont police department has found that officers failed to adequately investigate alleged threats against former state legislator Kiah Morris due to its racism and prejudice.
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) A two-year investigation into a Vermont police department has found that officers failed to adequately investigate alleged threats against former state legislator Kiah Morris due to its racism and prejudice. In a 54-page report, the Vermont Human Rights Commission found that the Bennington Police Department endangered the safety of Morris, a […]
Investigation concludes Bennington police endangered former Rep. Kiah Morris
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BENNINGTON (AP) A two-year investigation into a Vermont police department has found that officers failed to adequately investigate alleged threats against former state legislator Kiah Morris due to its racism and prejudice.
In a 54-page report, the Vermont Human Rights Commission found that the Bennington Police Department endangered the safety of Morris, a Black woman, by withholding critical information about a white supremacist who had been targeting her on social media.
Morris, who since moved from Bennington, issued her first public comments about the Human Rights Commission investigation Tuesday,
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