“On Friday, a police union president sent a blistering email to Pittsburgh’s Chief of Police, writing, among other things, “your actions raise serious concerns” and “enough is enough!” The top cop’s transgression? Being photographed with a sign reading “I resolve to challenge racism at work” and “#endwhitesilence.”
“The chief is calling us racists,” Officer Howard McQuillan told KDKA-TV. “He believes the Pittsburgh Police Department is racist. This has angered a lot of officers.”
This weekend, Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay penned a lengthy response to McQuillan’s email, similar to one shared by Nashville’s Chief of Police last month. In it, McLay apologized to anyone who was offended while defending the photo and its message, stating, “The reality of U.S. policing is that our enforcement efforts have a disparate impact on communities of color” and “unconscious bias applies to how we deal with the public .” *
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from http://gawker.com/police-chief-who-promised-to-challenge-racism-respond-1677413037