The protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri echo the same message: deeply embedded racial inequality is what provoked the use of excessive police force that ultimately killed Michael Brown. Just how deep is this racial inequality? How is it fueling the ongoing riots?
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The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color and Criminal Justice in the United States
http://www.americanprogress.org/issue…
“A look at the racial disparities inherent in our nation’s criminal-justice system”
Racial Profiling Data, Agency: Ferguson Police Dept. pdf.
http://ago.mo.gov/VehicleStops/2013/r…
Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/dropout08…
“The national event dropout rate presented here is based on data from the CPS and is an estimate of the percentage of both private and public high school students who left high school between the beginning of one school year and the beginning of the next without earning a high school diploma or an alternative credential”
Disparity in Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings…
” Despite improvements, differences persist in health care quality among racial and ethnic minority groups.”
“The Shooting of Michael Brown was the final straw for people in Ferguson”
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/14/5999929/…
” The anger behind Ferguson’s response to the shooting of Michael Brown is not new. ”
Ferguson is Mostly Black. Why Is Its Government So White?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2…
“Ferguson, Missouri, is a majority-black city governed mostly by whites.”
Why Ferguson burned: Explaining St. Louis area riot to kids, outsiders
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/re…
“There was an eerie flashback to 1965 in parts of the St. Louis region Sunday. Riot gear. Tear gas. German shepherds. Looting. Stores on fire. Dozens arrested.”
War Comes Home
https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/fi…
“The Excessive Militarization of American Policing”
US Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/stat…
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