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Black police officers aren't colorblind – they're infected by the same anti-Black bias as American society and police in general

  • Written by Rashad Shabazz, Associate Professor at the School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University
Black police officers aren't colorblind – they're infected by the same anti-Black bias as American society and police in generalDemonstrators block traffic in Memphis after police released video footage depicting the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. Scott Olson/Getty Images News via Getty Images

Once again, Americans are left reeling from the horror of video footage showing police brutalizing an unarmed Black man who later died.

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