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U.S. attorney general announces grant to study police racial profiling [View all]
Source: Reuters
U.S. attorney general announces grant to study police racial profiling
BY JULIA EDWARDS
WASHINGTON Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:55am EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced the award of a $4.75 million three-year grant to a group of educational and research organizations to study arrest data in five U.S. cities and implement changes to combat any findings of racial profiling.
The cities, which have yet to be chosen, will serve as pilots to test strategies for building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, Holder said.
Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of Michael Brown last month revived the importance of the initiative, Holder said, which originally had been announced in April.
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BY JULIA EDWARDS
WASHINGTON Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:55am EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced the award of a $4.75 million three-year grant to a group of educational and research organizations to study arrest data in five U.S. cities and implement changes to combat any findings of racial profiling.
The cities, which have yet to be chosen, will serve as pilots to test strategies for building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, Holder said.
Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of Michael Brown last month revived the importance of the initiative, Holder said, which originally had been announced in April.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/18/us-usa-justice-ferguson-study-idUSKBN0HD1YC20140918
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