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Dallas Police Improperly Cite
Dallas police officers have improperly cited drivers for not being able to speak English 38 times in the past three years, Chief David Kunkle said Friday.

The discovery came after a woman was pulled over earlier this month for making an illegal U-turn and was given a ticket for being a "non-English speaking driver."

The police chief said the citations are disappointing for Dallas, a city where the Latinos make up 44 percent of the more than 1 million residents and nearly 45 percent speak a language other than English.

"I was I guess surprised and stunned," Kunkle sai... Read more

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UK: Are the police on your sid

Police are targeting the law-abiding middle classes over minor misdemeanours in order to meet government targets, according to a new report.

The think-tank Civitas argues that officers are having to prioritise Home Office targets instead of serving the public and are becoming increasingly alienated from ordinary people as a result.

Political interference means that incidents which might previously have been regarded as innocuous are now treated as crimes, while the public find officers to be rude and unresponsive, the report says.

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