Missouri Dem Rep. Clay: Ferguson PD Criminalizing People Based on Their Skin Color
Mar. 15, 2015
CLAY: It’s possible. If that’s what justified the existence of the police force, then, yes. The police force probably should be dismantled and allow the St. Louis County police a better trained force, a more qualified force, a larger force to actually come in and conduct policing in a totally different way that restores the trust of the people, that shows respect to the people who pay their salaries and to start and to stop judging people by the color of their skins and criminalizing it because of what color they are, which is evident — is what was happening up to this point in Ferguson and surrounding communities.
Mar. 15, 2015
CLAY: It’s possible. If that’s what justified the existence of the police force, then, yes. The police force probably should be dismantled and allow the St. Louis County police a better trained force, a more qualified force, a larger force to actually come in and conduct policing in a totally different way that restores the trust of the people, that shows respect to the people who pay their salaries and to start and to stop judging people by the color of their skins and criminalizing it because of what color they are, which is evident — is what was happening up to this point in Ferguson and surrounding communities.
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