ToplineRecruits of color at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Training Academy claim they were insulted, discriminated against, and harshly treated, according to a report from the Associated Press that comes as the agency struggles to contend with decades of discriminatory behavior against minorities. US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents simulate a raid in their Tactical Training Facility, ... [+] part of the new National Clandestine Laboratory Training and Research Facility December 5, 2008 at the DEA Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia. In 1981, after a two-week trial, a federal judge found in favor of the plaintiffs, and ordered the DEA to take steps to cure systemic race bias against Black agents, according to Bloomberg Law. The suit still remains unresolved, according to the AP, despite a federal judge last year ruling the DEA failed to live up to the 1977 decision. Further ReadingDEA recruits cite ‘monkey noises’ among claims of racism (Associated Press)Retired African-American DEA Agents Decry Racism at the Agency (Wall Street Journal)U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr: 'I Don't Think The Law Enforcement System Is Systemically Racist' (Forbes)

Source: Forbes October 16, 2020 17:37 UTC