Cops used blackface to go undercover in 1993. Now police are apologizing.

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“Blackface photographs are inappropriate and offensive. They were inappropriate then and are inappropriate today,” said Paul, who is black. “The Baton Rouge Police Department would like to apologize to our citizens and to anyone who may have been offended by the photographs.”

The Baton Rouge, La. Police Department is now issuing a formal apology for a “department-approved operation” in which two undercover narcotics officers wore Blackface to disguise themselves 26 years ago. source