One of the world's leading police organizations issued a formal
apology Monday for its historic mistreatment of minority communities.
Terrence Cunningham, president of the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), apologized on
behalf of police officers for their role in eroding the sense of trust
between police and minority communities at the organization's annual
conference Monday in San Diego.
Cunningham, the police chief in Wellesley,
Mass., said today is a "challenging time" for police officers, alluding
to violent anti-police protests across the country in response to
officers' killings of minority men. Cunningham said those shootings,
coupled with historical police enforcement of legalized segregation, has
created "a multi-generational, almost inherited" sense of mistrust.
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