Ferguson pledges outreach efforts after shooting

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson's leaders urged residents Tuesday to stay home after dark to "allow peace to settle in" and pledged several actions to reconnect with the predominantly black community in the St. Louis suburb where the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown has sparked nightly clashes between protesters and police.

According to a statement from the city, Ferguson's mayor, City Council and other employees have been exploring how to increase the number of African American applicants to the law enforcement academy, develop incentive programs to encourage city residency for police officers and raise funds for cameras that would be attached to patrol car dashboards and officers' vests.

"We plan to learn from this tragedy, as we further provide for the safety of our residents and businesses and progress our community through reconciliation and healing," the leaders said in the statement Tuesday.

The National Guard arrived in Ferguson Monday but kept its distance from the streets during another night of unrest.

FULL story at link.



A man is detained by police during a protest Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)


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[BronxBoy]

1. It's a shame that...

this situation is what it took to get some action.

[msongs]

2. if the 12% voter turnout goes way up soon, there will indeed be outreach and changes. Is the lesson

being learned does one suppose?

[Tommymac]

3. First Step needs to be the arrest of Mike Brown's Murderer.

Until that happens nothing will change.

[upaloopa]

4. How are they going to fix the police?

The profiling and shooting and military style has to go away too. I don't hear anything about that.
Also the main thing people want is to see the cop shooter behind bars.
I don't think the city leaders get it.

[951-Riverside]

5. We don't want no trouble from your kind! Now go on and git ur butts inside by sundown!

If you want to voice your concerns you can do it on Sunday in Church otherwise you can go to your designated "community leader" to voice your displeasure they will then compile a list of the top 5 complaints and discuss those with the Media and government officials on a set date.

Now shut up and keep walking, any resistance (or gathering) will be met with arrest and/or deadly force.

Havent you heard?

The 1st amendment doesnt apply in some communities



Edit: And if you say something we don't like in Church we'll just have the IRS look into revoking your Church's tax exempt status like the Bush admin did back in 2006 to All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena California

In all seriousness. This country makes me sick.

[gordianot]

6. Obviously after not during guess they are not finished yet.

[Kelvin Mace]

7. Unless you are firing every single cop on the force

along with every single one on the St. Louis Co. force including chiefs, your "outreach" is meaningless.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. I'll bet they're going to reach out and search everyone and their houses

(for the public's own safety, of course)

[VanGoghRocks]

9. Support the heroic Ferguson Resistance!

[hatrack]

10. "Outreach"? "OUTREACH"? You have got to be fucking KIDDING.

They've been showing just how they do "outreach" for the past ten days - with tear gas and flash-bangs, and clubs and APCs and pretty guns all in a row.

"Outreach"? Jesus Christ.

[Larkspur]

11. So the white leaders are telling the predominantly black citizens to stay home while

they "learn" from the situation they helped create?

Don't stay home, Ferguson citizens! Grab an American flag and march!

These white leaders failed to learn from history and therefore, they repeated the same racist and militant actions of their predecessors.