HIGH POINT, N.C. — High Point police have addressed accusations of racial bias and brutality.
This is based on an officer encounter at the Walmart on N. Main Street three weeks ago.
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Chief Kenneth Shultz said he wanted to speak to it publicly because the allegations were 'damaging' especially after a month of community relationship building.
"Normally I don't make these things public, but this particular letter was sent to the Mayor, to City Council, the police department, and I'm pretty confident it's gone out to the community," Chief Shultz stated at a public safety committee meeting Wednesday night. "It highlights some pretty devastating things about the police department, accusations of alleged racial bias and police brutality, extreme failures in training and the quality of our officers."