Police department diversity lags badly across Mid-Atlantic region, when you can get data
The killing of George Floyd seared in our mind the picture of a white cop kneeling on a Black man s neck. We check the racial breakdown of police departments.
Frank Scandale, USA Today Network
Published
2:36 am UTC May. 20, 2021
Since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the image of a white police officer kneeling on a Black man’s neck drew into the spotlight the question of diversity in police departments around the country.
An investigation by the USA Today Network’s Atlantic Region found that it appears that most police departments failed to come close to matching their ranks, in terms of diversity, with the constituents they are sworn to protect.