by Chicago Citizen

About the author: Chicago Citizen is a part of the largest black-owned chain of weekly newspapers in the Midwest.

A representative of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission recently declared that police brutality is rampant in St. Petersburg, Florida, the site of two rebellions in 1996 over the issue of police murder.

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Mayor has agreed to enter into a consent decree with the Justice Department to institute sweeping reforms to address patterns of police abuse which have plagued the Black citizens of that city for decades. The Mayor’s willingness to take such an action is no doubt a direct result of the anger, outrage and massive mobilization/protests among community people over the police murder of Jonny Gammage. Police brutality, murder and misconduct are so prevalent in New York...