NAACP Examines Race in Justice System

At a recent NAACP summit on safe apprehensions, Allegheny County Coroner Cyril Wecht said twenty-four citizens--almost all African American--have died at the hands of police--almost all white--over the last eight years. Although he found twenty-one of the homicides justifiable, Wecht says the racial breakdown is problematic. In this first of a three-part series, "Racial Justice and Policing", DUQ's Charlee Song looks at one of three deaths of unarmed African Americans in 2002, which have stirred up unresolved tensions and questions in our region. Listen to the full story here.

This story originally aired March 3, 2004 on WDUQ.