Chief James Craig (Deadline Detroit photo)
Police Chief James Craig stepped into the national spotlight on TV on Sunday to discuss racial unrest in Ferguson, Mo.
George Hunter of the Detroit News reports that Craig appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" with former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik and others and said there is rarely an outcry when black police officers shoot black suspects.
"In my tenure ... rarely do you hear outcry if it's a black officer that's involved in a shooting and the suspect is black," Craig told show host Candy Crowley. "It's always the reverse."
Ron Scott, director of the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, told the News that Craig's remarks are "blatantly untrue."
"It's not a question of race; it's a question of power," Scott said. "The fact that they're black officers does not mitigate anything. The chief is wrong: Black people speak up when there are shootings by black officers."
