Tisbury Police

March 21, 1997

Tisbury Is Embroiled in Heated Dispute As Police Deal with Charges of Racism

Yvonne Guzman
Charges of racism erupted this week at the Tisbury police department, with the town's only African-American year-round officer saying he has been the subject of harassment, jokes and even an offens
Tisbury Police
Racism
March 28, 1997

NAACP Urges Dismissal of Officer

Yvonne Guzman
The Martha's Vineyard NAACP this week called for the immediate dismissal of John Dillon, a Tisbury police patrolman who has been charged with racism by a fellow officer.
Tisbury Police
Martha's Vineyard NAACP
Racism
April 25, 1997

Officer Accused of Racist Acts is Put on Indefinite Paid Leave as Full Investigation Continues

Yvonne Guzman
Tisbury police officer John Dillon -- who has been under fire from the NAACP for allegedly racist acts against the town's only African-American patrolman -- is on indefinite paid administrative lea
Tisbury Police
Racism
August 18, 2000

Children Meet Racism on Tisbury Side Street

Chris Burrell
Two young girls from New Jersey got their first exposure to overt racism this week when they returned from a morning walk into downtown Vineyard Haven and found a racial slur spray-painted in lette
Tisbury Police
Racism

1997

March 21, 1997

Tisbury Is Embroiled in Heated Dispute As Police Deal with Charges of Racism

Yvonne Guzman
Tisbury Police
Racism

Charges of racism erupted this week at the Tisbury police department, with the town's only African-American year-round officer saying he has been the subject of harassment, jokes and even an offensive caricature displayed in the station.

The allegations of Theophilus M. (T.M.) Silvia III, filed over a period of 12 months with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, were made public this week by the Vineyard chapter of the NAACP, where officials were dissatisfied with the town's response to the issue.

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