Report concludes Baltimore Police training fuels an 'us vs them' mentality

The Justice Department and Baltimore Police have agreed to negotiate reforms after a report criticised officers for using excessive force and routinely discriminating against black people.

Report concludes Baltimore Police training fuels an 'us vs them' mentality

The Justice Department and Baltimore Police have agreed to negotiate reforms after a report criticised officers for using excessive force and routinely discriminating against black people.

The report, the culmination of a year-long investigation into one of the country's largest police forces, found that officers make a large number of stops - mostly in poor, black neighbourhoods - with dubious justification and unlawfully arrest citizens when officers "did not like what those individuals said".

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