- Police Brutality Watch

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]