Burtell M. Jefferson, Washington’s first Black police chief, dead at 96
The U.S. Army veteran joined the Metropolitan Police department in 1948 when the force was largely segregated Burtell M. Johnson, the first Black police chief in Washington D.C. has died at the age of 96. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Jefferson joined the largely segregated police force in 1948 as one of few Black officers….
