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When my friends ask me what it’s like to be a cop, I typically give them the standard “living the dream” line that most of us use — for me, it truly is a dream job. When my Jewish friends ask, I reply with a more niche answer. I tell them to imagine posting a…
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News A Florida Jewish community turns out for police officer, 28, killed on duty in ‘Shabbos Park’
Local law enforcement officers and residents of Emerald Hills, a predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Hollywood, Florida, gathered to remember slain Hollywood Police Officer Yandy Chirino. Days earlier, Chirino was shot and killed while confronting an 18-year-old accused of stealing items from cars. The residents of Emerald Hills, a tight-knit community that boasts a close…
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News A Jewish police officer weighs in on the Chauvin verdict
George Floyd’s murder and police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the crime have sparked conversations all over the United States and the world about whether police are biased against Black and brown Americans and perpetuate white supremacy. Caught in the middle are some white Jewish police officers, a minority within the force both committed to…
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News Activists want bias training for cops. The ADL provides it. But does it work?
Texas is a famously conservative state, and not known for responding quickly to progressive political movements. Yet the Texas State Police has responded to the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the country with a commitment to provide every one of their 80,000 officers with “implicit bias training” that helps them identify their own unconscious biases…
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