Apathy Greets Pr. George's Police Abuses FINAL Edition

[Joe Madison], who has complained about Prince George's County police misconduct for years, attributes the indifference to several factors, including what he calls a lack of "legitimate leadership" and the county's evolution into a bedroom community where people's lives cons...

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Published inThe Washington post
Main Author Tracey A. Reeves and Hamil R. Harris
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post 15.07.2001
Subjects
Apathy
Deadly force
Police brutality
Public opinion
Shootings
Prince Georges County Maryland
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Summary:[Joe Madison], who has complained about Prince George's County police misconduct for years, attributes the indifference to several factors, including what he calls a lack of "legitimate leadership" and the county's evolution into a bedroom community where people's lives consist of going to work, coming home, eating dinner, playing with the kids and going to bed. That sentiment concerns the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a former D.C. delegate to Congress and a longtime civil rights activist, who said that he is often baffled by the indifference he sees in Prince George's to injustices such as police brutality. "The genesis of the civil rights movement is that everybody saw they had a stake in the protest whether you were an illiterate inner- city resident or a doctor, lawyer or teacher," Fauntroy said. "The problem in Prince George's County is that people don't realize that they have a stake in ending police brutality."
ISSN:0190-8286