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"The Abuse of Police Authority: A National Study of Police Officers' Attitudes".


* Most black police officers believe their colleagues treat whites better than African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. , according to according to
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 "The Abuse of Police Authority: A National Study of Police Officers' Attitudes." Commissioned by the Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
, D.C.-based Police Foundation, the survey of 1,060 police officers was released in July. "The survey tends to corroborate To support or enhance the believability of a fact or assertion by the presentation of additional information that confirms the truthfulness of the item.

The testimony of a witness is corroborated if subsequent evidence, such as a coroner's report or the testimony of other
 the view that there is a racial divide between whites and African Americans in our society that is not transcended even by a culture as strong as the culture of policing," the study concludes.
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Publication:The Chicago Reporter
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2001
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