Bob Buckhorn responds to Tampa Bay Times story on TPD targeting black bicyclists
Three days after the Tampa Bay Times‘ explosive story that blacks in Tampa are being racially profiled and over-policed by law enforcement, Mayor Bob Buckhorn has finally issued a response. The upshot is that he says the Tampa Police Department will implement a new tracking system to monitor “every traffic stop, ticket, and warning issued, including those for cyclists.” Buckhorn also says all officers will be reminded of appropriate policies and procedures for issuing citations to cyclists, and he and Chief…
You might be interested in
