NEW YORK — 100 years ago Tuesday, the New York Police Department welcomed its first Black officer, Samuel Jesse Battle, championing color barriers and becoming the first Black sergeant and lieutenant. However, at 6-foot-2, 240 pounds, Battle faced racial opposition. Though he scored high enough for an appointment with the police department, upon showing up […]
Sean Bell's dad lashed out Wednesday at a top police union official who called his dead son drunk - and suggested he brought on his own demise.
From SkyNews.com: The rapper and actor, who plays a Manhattan police officer on TV show Law & Order: SVU, aired his views via twitter after he was pulled over in Manhattan while taking his bulldog to the vet.
