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The Ferguson dilemma: When keeping up appearances is not enough

August 16, 2015 Willy Kessler Cities, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Ferguson, Missouri region, Police Leave a comment

A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that described the way that the small St. Louis County municipality of Pagedale was condemning inhabited,

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MO Supreme Court closes Ferguson’s kangaroo court: Who’s next?

March 9, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Civil Rights, Courts, Missouri region, Police Leave a comment

As many people around the country have recently learned, if you want a fair shake, don’t get ensnared in the legal system of Ferguson,

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After Ferguson: Small reforms, big potential

December 5, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Cities, Courts Leave a comment

Ferguson has consequences—and some of them may be positive. The tragedy of Michael Brown’s death in August 2014 has been a consciousness-raiser with ramifications

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Inside the grand jury: Prosecutor in Michael Brown case holds all the cards

August 19, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Police One comment

The power to indict or not indict Darren Wilson—the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri—is completely in the hands

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