An analysis of murders in 55 of Americas largest cities revealed block by block where police fail
Activists and the Boston police commissioner participate in a neighborhood peace walk in July. (Yoon S. Byun for The Washington Post)
An unequal justice
In the past decade, nearly 26,000 murders have gone without an arrest in major American cities. Of those, more than 18,600 of the victims — almost three‑quarters — were black. In many cases, there is a distrust between the police officers trying to solve these murders and the communities where they happen.
In Indianapolis, 69 percent of those killed are black, while 24 of 30 homicide detectives are white.“I think there’s an expectation that their police department, or those public servants, look like a representative of the people that they serve. So right off the bat, we don’t look like the community that we serve in that area,” Police Chief Bryan Roach said. Read the story.
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