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Concerned African American Mothers (CAAM) Call for End to Racial Profiling by the Milwaukee Police Department « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Concerned African American Mothers (CAAM) Call for End to Racial Profiling by the Milwaukee Police Department « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:

Concerned African American Mothers (CAAM) Call for End to Racial Profiling by the Milwaukee Police Department

Concerned African-American Mothers (CAAM)

African-American Racial Profiling Complaint Against

the City of Milwaukee Police Department

Under the direction of Police Chief Edward Flynn, the City of Milwaukee Police Department from approximately July 2008 to the present has engaged in practice of racial profiling African-Americans, especially African-American male drivers and pedestrians in targeted African-American communities.

  • For approximately two (2) years we have observed on any major street in the African-American community African-American drivers, especially males pulled over for traffic stops. We have also observed when there are 2 or more African-American males in the vehicles, the driver and all passengers are removed from the car and required to sit on the curb, while the vehicle is searched; most of the time