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Why doesn't Ferguson's police force reflect the community?

Clip: 8/14/2014 | 13m 42s

Guests talk local reaction and the police force in Ferguson, Missouri.

Judy Woodruff talks to Yamiche Alcindor of USA Today in for a closer look at the drama unfolding over the police killing of Michael Brown, as well as local reaction to the governor’s order for State Highway Patrol to take over security. Former Ferguson Mayor Brian Fletcher and Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch weigh in on Ferguson’s disproportionately white police force.

08/14/2014 | Rating NR

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