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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Police hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality in the morning hours of May 31 in Washington, D.C.
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    Political Divisions Drive Police Brutality Lawsuit Settlements

    Sep 09, 2020
    Most of the largest civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas in the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions on policing.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    Ella Jones, photographed in March of 2015, when she was a candidate for Ferguson's city council, became the Missouri city's first African American and first woman elected mayor of Ferguson.
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    Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown

    Jun 11, 2020
    Ella Jones, who will be the city's first black mayor and the first female mayor, says the city has seen widespread reforms since Brown's killing. But it still needs to "strive toward a better image."
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    Councilwoman Ella Jones will become the first African American and first woman to serve as mayor of Ferguson. Here she's seen speaking at a mayoral forum in the city in 2017.
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    Ella Jones Elected First Black Mayor Of Ferguson, Mo.

    Jun 03, 2020
    Jones also will be the first woman to serve as mayor of the city. Ferguson gained international attention in 2014 after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown and the protests that followed.
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    Book Reviews
    Protesters march to the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse on Aug. 10, 2015, in St. Louis.
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    'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Examines What Led To Ferguson And Baltimore Protests

    Aug 01, 2019
    Unlike many academic tomes, Jennifer Cobbina's book doesn't presume prior knowledge; it establishes historical and cultural context for the distrust many African Americans feel toward law enforcement.
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    Code Switch
    Can the presence of more black police officers reduce police violence?
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    Does Having More Black Officers Reduce Police Violence?

    Feb 04, 2017
    Data overwhelmingly confirm that black people are involved in and are victims of police-involved killings at greater proportions than any other racial group in the country. But there's a new twist.
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    Around the Nation
    A protester demonstrates against the death of Keith Scott in front of police in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.
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    Police Reform Is Happening, But It's Hard To Track

    Sep 22, 2016
    There have been calls for police reforms since 2014, but there are practical limits to how fast a willingness to change can translate into its actually happening.
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    The Two-Way
    Delrish Moss was chosen as the new police chief for the city of Ferguson, Mo.
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    Ferguson, Mo., Names Veteran Miami Officer As New Police Chief

    Mar 31, 2016
    Delrish Moss, who has worked in Miami Police public information and community relations, joins a department where a federal probe found routine violations of residents' constitutional rights.
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    The Two-Way
    Ferguson City Council's acceptance of the consent decree means the city retains control of the police and courts, but also pays for an independent monitor to ensure the reforms are implemented.
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    Ferguson City Council Accepts Consent Decree Worked Out With Justice Department

    Mar 15, 2016
    The city's approval of the deal to overhaul its courts and police comes a month after the council voted not to accept it, which prompted the DOJ to sue the city.
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    The Two-Way
    Ferguson mayor James Knowles III, (second from left) speaks during a city council meeting on Feb. 2. The meeting was the first opportunity for residents to speak directly with city leaders about the preliminary consent agreement with the U.S. Department
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    Ferguson Approves Police And Courts Overhaul — With Some Changes

    Feb 09, 2016
    The agreement, negotiated by the city of Ferguson, Mo., and the Justice Department, is expected to cost the city more than $2 million per year. The city council altered the plan to reduce that cost.
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    Former Ferguson Mayor Brian Fletcher volunteers in the store selling I Love Ferguson committee paraphernalia.
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    On Road To Recovery, Ferguson Residents Have Different Ideas

    Feb 04, 2016
    It's been more than a year since the shooting of Michael Brown sparked nationwide protests. Tension has dissipated in Ferguson, but some disagreements exist among residents about the best way forward.
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    Ferguson, Justice Unveil Draft Of Negotiated Consent Decree

    Jan 27, 2016
    The agreement with the Missouri city creates guidelines for training police officers and when they can use force. It also requires body-worn cameras and an overhaul of the municipal court system.
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    Code Switch
    "Black Lives Matter: Race, Resistance and Popular Protest" is among the most popular courses at NYU's Gallatin School.
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    Ferguson In The Classroom: How One College Took Up Race And Policing This Semester

    Nov 09, 2015
    College students around the country are lining up to take classes like a new one at NYU called "Black Lives Matter: Race, Resistance, and Popular Protest."
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    Around the Nation
    Members of the Ferguson Commission, including co-chairman Starsky Wilson, second from right, listen at a recent hearing of the Ferguson Commission. After months of deliberation, the commission is releasing a report laying bare racial and economic inequal
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    Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis

    Sep 13, 2015

    After Michael Brown's shooting, a group was tasked with investigating the region's inequalities. Their report points to deep racial and economic tensions, and calls for sweeping policy changes.

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    The Two-Way
    "The St.Louis County PD held its first press conference almost 24 hours after the event — 24 hours for an alternate narrative to develop. Law enforcement lost the narrative to social media."
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    Federal Ferguson Review Finds More Than 100 Lessons For Police

    Sep 02, 2015
    An assessment of police response to the demonstrations there calls into question strategies like the overwatch tactic, with officers using rifle sights to survey the crowd from atop tactical vehicles.
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    The Two-Way

    New Ferguson Judge Overhauls Municipal Courts

    Aug 24, 2015
    Among several reforms, Judge Donald McCullin ordered that all arrest warrants issued in Ferguson before 2015 be withdrawn.
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    Code Switch
    Trymaine Lee reports in Ferguson in August 2014.
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    Reporting Post-Ferguson: A Journey To 'Very Dark Places'

    Aug 22, 2015
    MSNBC's Trymaine Lee was one of several African-American journalists who shared their stories of reporting on racially-charged violence with Code Switch's Gene Demby.
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    The Two-Way
    Heavily armed civilians with a group known as the Oath Keepers in Ferguson, Mo., early Tuesday. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar has said the presence of the group was "both unnecessary and inflammatory."
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    Oath Keepers Say They're Defending Ferguson; Others Say They're Not Helping

    Aug 12, 2015
    The armed men say they are in the Missouri town to protect the people and the Constitution. But officials and demonstrators marking the death of Michael Brown say they're not welcome.
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    The Two-Way

    Journalists Receive Court Summons Nearly A Year After Reporting In Ferguson

    Aug 10, 2015
    Reporters for The Washington Post and Huffington Post were covering the 2014 protests in Ferguson when they were held in a McDonald's. Now they're charged with trespassing and interfering with police.
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    Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the spot where Michael Brown was shot and killed. The crowd observed 4 1/2 minutes of silence, one minute for each of the 4 1/2 hours that Brown's body lay in the street before being taken away.
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    Moment Of Silence Marks A Year Of Mourning, Protest In Ferguson

    Aug 09, 2015
    Hundreds gathered in the St. Louis suburb one year after Michael Brown was killed there by a police officer. Starsky Wilson, the Ferguson Commission's co-chair, sees reason to hope — and keep working.
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    Around the Nation
    The smoldering remains of a beauty supply store in Ferguson, Mo., in November. Unrest gripped the city after a grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
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    Ferguson Businesses Struggle To Rebuild Post-Riots

    Aug 06, 2015
    Last year, many businesses in Ferguson, Mo., were looted and vandalized in unrest that gripped the city. Customers are starting to return, but some owners don't feel positive about staying here.
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    It's All Politics
    "There's a new sense that African-American prosecutors can make a difference. We can call that the Marilyn Mosby effect," law professor Paul Butler said of the Baltimore state's attorney.
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    Does It Matter That 95 Percent Of Elected Prosecutors Are White?

    Jul 08, 2015
    "The group of people who are really the managers of the criminal justice system in America are concentrated among one demographic group: white men," said an author of the report.
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    What Happens When A Police Officer Doesn't Shoot?

    May 07, 2015
    An officer's body camera captured his decision not to shoot a possibly armed suspect. He was praised for brave self-restraint, but some law enforcement officers say his reluctance was irresponsible.
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    U.S.
    Oakland police officers, wearing body cameras, form a line during demonstrations against recent incidents of alleged police brutality nationwide.
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    California Bill Could Limit Police Access To Body Camera Footage

    May 01, 2015
    Lawmakers want to prohibit police officers from viewing video from their body cameras before they write their reports. It's part of an effort to bring more transparency to policing.
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    The Two-Way
    Researchers conclude that tickets and fines hit the poor harder than other Californians. Nonpayment brings additional punishments such as heavy fines and driver's license suspensions.
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    Study Finds The Poor Subject To Unfair Fines, Driver's License Suspensions

    Apr 09, 2015
    The report says many of the police and court practices highlighted in a recent federal investigation into the Ferguson, Mo., police department occur in California as well.
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    The Two-Way
    Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Thomas Jackson is resigning after a scathing Justice Department report showed racial bias in the department and the city's courts.
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    Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Resigns Following Justice Department Report

    Mar 11, 2015
    Chief Thomas Jackson's departure is effective March 19. He is the latest employee to resign or be fired in the wake of a Justice Department report that accused local police and courts of racial bias.

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