Abuses Of Power, Racist Practices: Black Bridgeport Cops Call For Federal Probe Of Police

In Connecticut, the same Bridgeport Police department that failed to investigate the deaths of two black women properly has a long history of abuses of power and racist practices.

Over the past five years, there have been over a dozen lawsuits and complaints about excessive force or discrimination.

Bridgeport's population is 20 percent white while its police force is 54 percent white, and 80 percent of police leaders are white.

Black officers and captains in the department called for an independent investigation into racial discrimination last September after they said their treatment harmed officers' morale, mental health, well-being, career development, and reputation.

The police department was under federal oversight from 1983 to 2010, citing racially discriminatory practices.

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