Cpl. Montrell Scott of Baton Rouge, La., shows off his young son in a photo posted on Facebook with the emotional message expressing his concern and frustration about police and African-Americans written just a week before he was shot and killed in a police ambush.
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‘Black and blue’
African-American police officers straddle uncomfortable worlds
The ambivalent emotions that black police officers experience are as old as the first time an African-American put on a badge and walked a beat in the black community. But they seldom have been expressed with the clarity and force of the words that Baton Rouge, La., Police Cpl. Montrell Jackson posted on Facebook on July 8.
