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Jul202004
Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 01:15PM
A Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer is accused
of a racist act after hanging a black doll from his car. The veteran
officer is now the target of an internal investigation. Several police
officers said they were surprised, shocked and outraged that a fellow
police officer would do anything to create racial tension among the
ranks. Police officials said the white officer drove to work with a
black baby doll hanging by a noose from the outside of his personal
car. Police sources said a black officer confronted the white officer,
demanding he take down the doll, but the white officer refused and the
black officer filed two complaints -- one with the department and one
with the federal EEOC. [more]