Wonder how many of the (largely white) police conducting "crowd control" operations in (largely black) Ferguson MO actually live in Ferguson
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@mtracey That's very misguided, in my opinion. Of all publicly funded jobs, I think that a residency requirement is most important there. -
@JonathanCohn It's almost like most police departments are corrupt authoritarian fiefdoms and not democratically-responsive institutions - 2 more replies
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@mtracey@JonathanCohn I did see an article yesterday that mentioned no residency requirements, most live outside jurisdiction. Also out of -
@mtracey@JonathanCohn 53 total officers, 3 are black, 2 other, the rest white. Also only three are women. http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-michael-brown-ferguson-missouri-shooting-20140811-story.html …
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