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JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press KRISTIN J. BENDER, Associated Press

December 11, 2014

Black police straddle a line between race and duty

Jorge "Jinho" Ferreira feels the tension between being black and carrying a badge every day as a sheriff's deputy in Alameda County, California.

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