It has divided them by experience. Month after month, this newspaper has chronicled the payoffs, arrests, and prosecutions of local police, prosecutors, and US Justice Department attorneys. Entire precincts in New York and other major cities are under investigation for such corruption. A quarter of the 30th precinct's 190 police officers are expected to be arrested for robbing drug dealers, stealing and selling cocaine, and murder and assault. In Chicago, Assistant US Attorney William R. Hogan achieved prosecutorial fame in the early 1990s by obtaining convictions against 53 El Rukn gang members.
Corrupt officials target the powerless.
This rising tide of corruption has taken its toll on Black jurors. Here are three possible answers. Network television viewership figures are in freefall, and executives are beginning to question who packed their parachutes. The most recent ratings book shows NBC in first place with a 9.7 average. Ten years ago and NBC had a 17.5 average.