emily baker-white launched the plain view project two years ago.re going to talk about why and all of this next. termites. we're on the move. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. terminix. defenders of home. check your free credit scores at creditkarma. here's to progress. (danny)'s voice) of course you don'te because you didn't!? your job isn't doing hard work... ...it's making them do hard work... ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap and sort your expenses to save over $4,600 at tax time. quickbooks. backing you. >>> police departments nationwide investigating officers who post racist messages on social media. emily baker-white, the attorney who launched the watchdog group plain view project two years ago, joins me now. you started all of this. what is going on here? >> so i first came across troubling facebook posts by police officers when i was working as an attorney at the federal defenders office in philadelphia, and i was tasked with investigating and writing up a police brutality claim. and in doing so, i came across the po

>> it all began with a lawyer in philadelphia named emily baker white who found, in a case she was workingsts by an officer and started looking at whether it was widespread. she came to us with her research and we took it from there. >> and what did you do? >> so what we did was we took philadelphia which was the largest of the eight cities that emily baker white studied, and we identified officers with posts that she'd flagged and studied the connection between what they were saying in their posts and their conduct on the street by studying complaints against them and by studying lawsuits and which ones ended in settlement and we found of 328 officers with offensive posts in philadelphia that 139 of them had lawsuit against them that had led to 800 settlements. >> and now at least four different departments are doing their own investigations from dallas to philly and lake county, florida. if these posts are verified through their investigation, what message does it send to the communities they're serving? >> so, one of the interesting things is that the police unions say right to free spe

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the posts were uncovered by the plainview project, led by emilie baker white. a conversation about subcultures and policing. i'm happy that conversation is having a national level. 153% homicides, up 9 points. at a news conference on wednesday, richard ross, the police commissioner, acknowledged how the facebook boasts can have an initial reaction when you heard these allegations. >> i thought they were idiots. >> translator: he says his swaepts are more evidence. how many of those officers have do active investigation and concern to another level. >> reporter: of the 328 posted o liver ya content, had one or >>> this is "the cbs overnight news." >> crime labs across the country, have a problem on their hands. a growing backlog of criminal evidence that needs to be tested. that has victims and suspects living in limbo. maria via reial has more. >> reporter: on new year's eve 2016, she was on her way to a pawnshop. were you nervous at all? >> no. we weren't doing anything wrong. >> reporter: dash cam video hows the couple were calm and cooperating. >> reporter:

statement this name could affect civilian trust in civilian understanding of the police force lawyer emily baker white said the post berry and severity but show disturbing trends i think it speaks to to coulter and if we have a police department where folks are being encouraged for whatever reason to be divisive to engage in prejudiced or violent commentary and where they feel like they do that in order to be a part of a community that gets in the way of police forces being able to do their job the union representing philadelphia police called the social media investigation overly broad accusing it of overlooking all of the good work done regularly by our officers the fallout from the study is ongoing not just here in philadelphia but nationwide the police departments in all 8 cities looked at by the plainview project have launched investigations. previn mark tyler says the findings contribute to an us versus them mentality in minority communities all we want is the same thing that everyone else wants to feel that if you need a police officer in a time of trouble that you're going to get help it's goi

the posts were uncovered by the plain view project, led by philadelphia lawyer emily baker- white. >>started this project because we wanted a conversation about subcultures and policing, and i'm really happy that that conversation is happening on a national level. >> reporter: as of yesterday, there have been 153 homicides in the city, a number that is 9% higher than at the same time last year. >> we understand how this can tarnish, or did tarnish our reputation. >> reporter: in a news conference on wednesday, richard ross, the city's police commissioner, acknowledged how the officers' facebook posts can have an impact. i want your initial reaction when you heard these allegations. >> i thought they were idiots. >> reporter: but city councilman, curtis jones, who represents a predominantly african american district, said his constituents are concerned about something more important: whether the posts are evidence that bias seeped into law enforcement. >> you can have an opinion, but then when you cross the line and act it out while stopping a citizen or interacting with a citizen, how

by documenting the social media accounts of police officers launched by philadelphia lawyer emily baker white the project examine the accounts of about $2900.00 officers from 8 departments across the country and an additional $600.00 retired officers from those same departments and what they found was shocking for some but a sad truth for the rest of us roughly one in 5 of the current officers and 2 in 5 of the retired officers examined made public posts or comments displaying bias applauding violence scoffing at due process or using dehumanizing language the officers mocked mexicans women and black people celebrated the confederate flag and showed a man wearing a t. a scar in the crosshairs of a gun and joining us now to discuss the plainview project's discoveries is author speaker and editor at large for salon dot com the walk and thanks for joining us is great you guys for having me you've written document of a lot of this. between you know the black community in baltimore and the police source who are supposed to be there protecting and serving the. dude when you look at these social medi

statement this name could affect civilian trust in civilian understanding of the police force lawyer emily baker white said the post berry and severity but show disturbing trends i think it speaks to to coulter and if we have a police department where folks are being encouraged for whatever reason to be divisive to engage in prejudiced or violent commentary and where they feel like they do that in order to be a part of a community that gets in the way of police forces being able to do their job as the union representing philadelphia police called the social media investigation overly broad accusing it of overlooking all of the good work done regularly by our officers the fallout from the study is ongoing not just here in philadelphia but nationwide the police departments in all 8 cities looked at by the plainview project have launched investigations reverend mark tyler says the findings contribute to an eye. vs them mentality in minority communities all we want is the same thing that everyone else wants to feel that if you need a police officer in a time of trouble that you're going to get help it's g

statement this name could affect civilian trust in civilian understanding of the police force lawyer emily baker white said the post berry and severity but show disturbing trends i think it speaks to to coulter and if we have a police department where folks are being encouraged for whatever reason to be divisive to engage in prejudiced or violent commentary and where they feel like they do that in order to be a part of a community that gets in the way of police forces being able to do their job as the union representing philadelphia police called the social media investigation overly broad accusing it of overlooking all of the good work done regularly by our officers the fallout from the study is ongoing not just here in philadelphia but nationwide the police departments in all 8 cities looked at by the plainview project have launched investigations reverend mark tyler says the findings contribute to an on. vs them mentality in minority communities all we want is the same thing that everyone else wants to feel that if you need a police officer in a time of trouble that you're going to get help and it'

the founder of the project emily baker-white.as your standard for inclusion in the database? >> thank you, michael. it's good to be with you. so, we asked one question to determine whether she should be in the database. and that question was, is it possible this post, this comment, this statement, this meme could have an effect on civilian trust in policing. >> so, i have some additional posts. in fact, put the next one up on the screen, katherine, and we'll use that standard and take a look at this. looks like an antifa-type protest. whether these people in masks show up they should be greeted with these people, a s.w.a.t. people. who should then send them to meet these people in mask, a surgical team. that meets your standard why? >> this indicates to me that police officers think they should do violence against protesters. police officers are actually dispatched to protest to protect protesters. and if they're not willing to do that, and if they think that protesters should be the victims of violence by police officers that's

statement this name could affect civilian trust in civilian understanding of the police force lawyer emily baker white said the post berry and severity but show disturbing trends i think it speaks to to coulter and if we have a police department where folks are being encouraged for whatever reason to be divisive to engage in prejudiced or violent commentary and where they feel like they do that in order to be a part of a community that gets in the way of police forces being able to do their job as the union representing philadelphia police called the social media investigation overly broad accusing it of overlooking all of the good work done regularly by our officers the fallout from the study is ongoing not just here in philadelphia but nationwide the police departments in all 8 cities looked at by the plainview project have launched investigations. reverend mark tyler says the findings contribute to an us versus them mentality in minority communities all we want is the same thing that everyone else wants to feel that if you need a police officer in a time of trouble that you're going to get help it'