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Formed last September, the Cambridge Review Committee was tasked with preparing a set of recommendations that would address the issues that arose from Gates' July 16 arrest, which had sparked accusations against the CPD of racial bias...
...release date has been set for the report, according to Committee member Aaron D. Miller. CPD spokesman Daniel M. Riviello similarly stated that the CPD did not know of a set deadline for the report, and added that Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas has not reviewed the final report, nor has it been submitted to the department...
...progress report made no explicit mention of addressing racial bias, an accusation lobbed at the CPD in the aftermath of Gates' arrest. Kosko said that addressing racial prejudice was not “one of the issues the committee was charged with” but added that it was a "byproduct of the response to the incident...
Meanwhile, a New England Center for Investigative Reporting analysis found that the racial breakdown of those arrested for disorderly conduct mirrored the racial composition of Cambridge, The Boston Globe reported today. The CPD also released the summary of an analysis it conducted with regard to disorderly conduct arrests, which said that black and white offenders faced similar arrest rates regardless of the arresting officer’s race...
...CPD is still searching the Pit, Brattle Street, and the rest of Harvard Square for the machete-wielder. Flagg said pedestrians should exercise caution when walking on the streets...