Nearly a Decade After Scathing DOJ Report, New Orleans Police Pull Ad Promoting Diversity Amid Attacks

The New Orleans Police Department on Wednesday pulled a new recruitment video featuring, among many things, rainbows and Big Freedia backup dancers, that had aimed to promote a more diverse workforce after the video instantly attracted a flood of homophobic comments and hate speech. “The immediate reactions were just hate—horrible, slanderous, makes-your-heart-sink type comments, like, […]