Conversations around race and racial justice

Activists say diversifying police forces not best answer to cop misconduct

Police move outside on the street.
For decades police departments — including those in Minneapolis and St. Paul — have been trying to diversify mostly white and male police forces. But the recent killing of a Black man, Tyre Nichols, has renewed questions about the role police officer diversity plays in reducing officer misconduct or brutality. 
Ben Hovland | MPR News 2022