August 11, 2015

What's happened to Ferguson

Shadowproof - It’s been one year since Officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown outside his apartment complex in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Despite superficial changes in the political landscape, people are still being shot by police and community members and activists are still struggling for justice.

In April, Ferguson elected two new black City Council members, bringing the total number of black council members to three. And in July, Ferguson hired a black interim police chief in a step toward integrating an overwhelmingly white police force. According to MSNBC’s Anna Brand, “African-Americans make up nearly 70% of the city’s population but only about 3% of Ferguson’s police department.”

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