By Benjamin Mueller
In
one of New York City’s most powerful police divisions, there was an
obscure unit filled almost exclusively by black detectives.
The
“rap unit,” as it was referred to internally, had a peripheral role in a
division otherwise focused on recruiting Muslim informants and building
terrorism cases. Detectives went undercover at hip-hop concerts,
protected artists from scammers and stickup men and warned venues of
potential feuds.
Inside
the Intelligence Division, which was largely led by white commanders,
the “rap unit” was known to stall careers: Black detectives there did
not get promoted for years, no matter how sterling their
recommendations, according to a complaint filed by three black detectives with a federal labor agency.
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