Black Police Chief Mocked as ‘Black Jesus’ By Fellow Cops for Stopping Mostly White Department from Terrorizing Residents Forced to Step Down After Threats from Officers, Lawsuit Claims

Black Police Chief Mocked as ‘Black Jesus’ By Fellow Cops for Stopping Mostly White Department from Terrorizing Residents Forced to Step Down After Threats from Officers, Lawsuit Claims

With much hope and optimism from the community, Shawny Williams became the first Black police chief for the Vallejo Police Department in November 2019, only months after local media revealed the agency to have one of the highest rates of police shootings in California, disproportionally targeting Black men. Williams wasted no time in implementing reforms; banning chokeholds, making body cameras mandatory and instituting new de-escalation policie…