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The mother of James Blake,the tennis star who was slammed to the ground by an NYPD officer final week in an incident that prompted far-reaching condemnation, has suggested that race relations in America are getting worse, and admitted: “It seems there’s no discontinuance to racism in this country.”Betty Blake wrote in Thursday’s unusual York Daily News a week after her son,a former world No 4, was knocked to the ground outside the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan by an NYPD officer in plainclothes. Blake was handcuffed, and arrested and detained before officers admitted they had the wrong man. Blake said he did not want to propose the incident was racially motivated but many felt the arrest raised broader questions about the NYPD’s mistreatment of minorities. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com