Amid continuing tensions over the police shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Mo., most Americans give relatively low marks to police departments around the country for holding officers accountable for misconduct, using the appropriate amount of force, and treating racial and ethnic groups equally. However, most also continue to […] Read more »
Ferguson Reveals Blacks’ Unfinished Journey
The tragic shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, has sparked an intense debate about the state of race relations in America, but there’s little indication much will change. Predictably, Barack Obama, the first black president, is at the center of the debate. CONT. […] Read more »
The Fire This Time
The 1992 Los Angeles riots that followed the not-guilty verdict in the police beating of black motorist Rodney King were probably the last time the fraught relationship between African-Americans and law enforcement galvanized as much attention as it has since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. … In […] Read more »
Did the protesters and police in Ferguson go too far?
The shooting of Michael Brown – an unarmed 18-year-old African-American man who was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri – has unleashed a wave of protests in Ferguson that have turned violent at times, as well as a forceful response by local police. Fifty-nine percent of […] Read more »
Self-Segregation: Why It’s So Hard for Whites to Understand Ferguson
The shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and the anger poured out in response by Ferguson’s mostly black population, has snapped the issue of race into national focus. The incident has precipitated a much larger conversation, causing many Americans to question […] Read more »
Racial Divide Seen in Response to Ferguson Unrest
Blacks and whites nationally have different opinions about the response of Jay Nixon, the governor of Missouri, to the events that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9. The latest New York Times/CBS News Poll […] Read more »