FBI Director: 'Lazy shortcuts of cynicism' can result in racial bias among police
In an unusually blunt speech, FBI Director James Comey on Thursday conceded that police need to do a better job separating racial bias from their work.
Comey said police needed to better understand "what it feels like to be a law-abiding young black man walking on the street and encountering law enforcement." And citing the song Everyone's a Little Bit Racist from the Broadway musical Avenue Q, Comey said police had to "resist the lazy shortcuts of cynicism" that can lead them to treat black people differently from other races.
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