Context | Current Aggressions
14 MAR 2022 Former Officer Charged With Sexual Solicitation of Minor | https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/delaware/articles/2022-03-14/former-officer-charged-with-sexual-solicitation-of-minor
18 FEB 2022 ‘The trust is gone’: Fallout in Darby Twp. after some firefighters’ racist remarks go public | https://whyy.org/articles/the-trust-is-gone-fallout-in-darby-twp-after-some-firefighters-racist-remarks-go-public/
11 FEB 2022 Fire company in Delaware County suspended after racist remarks caught on video call | https://6abc.com/briarcliffe-fire-company-station-75-firefighters-racist-remarks-shutdown/11553165/
25 JAN 2022 Delaware Lawmaker Criticized For Racist, Sexist Slurs Arrested On Shoplifting Counts | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gerald-brady-delaware-shoplifting_n_61f07e16e4b01d3f2993a4dd
18 NOV 2021 “You should have seen the look on that bitch’s face when I threw her down.” Dewey Beach condones brutality by police | https://www.phillytrib.com/news/state_and_region/dewey-beach-condones-brutality-by-police-victim-of-cop-s-attack-alleges-in-lawsuit/article_f010d7de-6978-53fd-a47f-a9308920e43f.html
15 OCT 2021 How An Alleged Racist Email Led To The Prosecution Of An Journalist, And The Arrest Of A Cop | https://seattlemedium.com/how-an-alleged-racist-email-led-to-the-prosecution-of-an-journalist-and-the-arrest-of-a-cop/
30 JUNE 2020 Del. police have shot 56 people since 2005, but law ‘immunizes’ them from prosecution | https://whyy.org/articles/del-police-have-shot-56-people-since-2005-but-law-immunizes-them-from-prosecution/
Legislation
Opposed via ‘task force ploy’, duplicitous; (as of May 2021) | https://whyy.org/articles/we-need-to-see-it-now-delaware-activists-unhappy-with-police-reform-process/
State lawmakers created the Law Enforcement Accountability Task Force (LEATF) to develop changes to policing in Delaware. However,
“Initially, I was pessimistic about a task force,” Haneef Salaam, manager of the ACLU of Delaware’s Campaign for Smart Justice, said. “There are a lot of people who informed me, and I’ve come to believe now watching this, that a task force is a place where a bill goes to die.”
Salaam and eight other subcommittee members sent a letter of no confidence in the task force to legislative leaders.
