The cruiser is aimed to “celebrate the achievements of African Americans & recognize their roles in our history,” a tweet by the police department read.
, while others expressed concerns over the department’s spending habits — with one user tweeting, “Imagine cops spending however many thousands on THIS instead of say — spending public resources to house, feed and meet peoples basic needs.”
Sgt. David Scarpitti, a public information officer for the Division of Police, said its cruiser is decorated regularly to commemorate other holidays and events, including LGBTQ Pride Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Veterans Day.“The City of Columbus and the Division are proud to celebrate African American history and the achievements made by so many men and women of color during the month of February,” he said to NBC News in a statement.
More than a thousand miles south, in Miami, the city’s police department introduced its own Black History Month-themed car on Thursday, according to the. The vehicle is decorated in red, yellow and green with symbols of Black fists and an outline of Africa. A ceremony took place in Overtown, a historically Black neighborhood in Miami, while police honored the first Black men to join the force in 1944.
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