In the months leading up to the riots of Thanksgiving week, the plea from Ferguson was not for less policing but for more professional—indeed, more democratic—policing. The anger that spilled into the streets reflected not only the devaluing of black life but the grim recognition that African-Americans find themselves hemmed between the dangers of crime and the perils of those whom other communities can trust to protect them from i
Trapped in Ferguson
Source: newyorker.com
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