4th Quarter Post #3

Being an undercover cop, and black, is a very dangerous job. A black man wearing street clothes whipping out a gun could be mistaken for a criminal, and shot by fellow cops. Omar Edwards, a New York City police officer was shot to death while chasing a suspect by another office her who thought he was a criminal. According to Christopher Cooper, a member of the National Black Police Association and a sociologist, lawyer and former police officer who studies this problem, says that on average, two incidents per year occur where black cops or killed or beaten up by their colleagues by mistake. The governor of NY is creating a task force and bringing in outside experts to give officers better training to recognize friends, and also to fix this tragic problem.