Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The NYPD’s subtle changes to Wikipedia entries make black victims seem more threatening

http://fusion.net/story/105475/the-devil-is-in-the-details-of-cops-editing-wikipedia-entries-on-police-killing-black-men/

NYPD officers editing the Wikipedia pages of black men killed by police conjures a dystopian picture. From within the brutalist edifice of Manhattan’s 1 Police Plaza, cops logged in to the online encyclopedia and rewrote history to suit their purposes. With subtle changes, the unofficial police revisions attenuated officer aggressions and made the deceased African Americans appear more volatile and threatening.

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