
Accusations of Native Americans being racially profiled expose a divide in a South Dakota city
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The fallout from a police officer who followed a car thinking the man behind the wheel was Native American is testing the fragility of race relations in a South Dakota city.
The police officer in Rapid City resigned after he allegedly reported that "a young Native American male (was) driving a really new Mercedes car." While city officials see the officer's resignation in lieu of termination over alleged racial profiling as swift action and a sign of progress in a town with a long history of racial tensions, Indigenous organizers say the incident was not isolated. The officer's alleged comments represent a culture of discrimination toward Native Americans in the city's police department, they said.More Related News

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