Black Doll's Head Seen on White Officers' Car, New York Residents Say
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Harlem community leaders say two white police officers drove through the traditionally black neighborhood with the head of a black doll on their car's antenna.
State Sen. Bill Perkins calls the incident "another display of racism" by police.
Perkins says he was at a restaurant Tuesday when neighborhood residents noticed the head on the unmarked police car. He says one resident tried to photograph the head but a plainclothes officer threw it in the car's trunk.
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The New York Police Department says it's looking for surveillance video that may show someone placing the head on the car's rear radio antenna while the officers were inside a school.
Police say the officers were unaware the head was on the car until a passer-by pointed it out. They say the officers discarded it immediately.