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Recruited into the police brotherhood, this is one woman's story of violence, intimidation and lawlessness – and that was just in the office. New episodes dropping weekly in this gripping six episode series.

Police use of force for blacks is 7 times higher than whites in Minneapolis. About 20 percent of Minneapolis’s population of 430,000 is black. But when the police get physical — with kicks, neck holds, punches, shoves, takedowns, Mace, Tasers or other forms of muscle — nearly 60 percent of the time the person subject to that force are black.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/police-use-of-force--4436193/support.

"Justice Department to Track Use of Force by Police across U.S." is from the October 13, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Eric Lichtblau and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings" is from the July 11, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Quoctrung Bui and Amanda Cox and narrated by Fleet Cooper.