Police attitude on race faulted

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Civil rights advocates say New York incident shows force's problems continue

NEW YORK -- Civil rights advocates said Sunday that a recent incident in which a high-ranking black police official was ordered out of his car by a white officer points out ongoing racial problems in the city's police department.

"Something is wrong with our police department and their interactions with people of color," said State Sen. Eric Adams, a former police captain.

Chief Douglas Zeigler, the head of the NYPD's Community Affairs Bureau and the highest uniformed black officer on the force, was off duty and sitting in his department-issued SUV on a Queens street on May 2 when two white police officers approached the vehicle and confronted him.

The full details of what happened next aren't completely clear, but a department spokesman confirmed a report that the encounter turned testy, and one of the officers tried to wrest open Zeigler's door, even after the three-star chief had identified himself.

Times Union

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1. What should that be called?

Um.....um......a "career limiting move"?

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2. Whoops!