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"Ferguson’s police chief and mayor are white. Of the six City Council members, one is black."

Posted by ty97 Aug 12 '14, 07:06

"The local school board has six white members and one Latino. Of the 53 commissioned officers on the police force, three are black, said Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson."

This surprises me considering Ferguson is two thirds black.

link (www.latimes.com)

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The city itself may be, but the Ferguson-Florissant school district is 69.3% white -- (link) - Roger More Aug 12, 07:24 7
- Also...for anyone who heard any of the scuttlebutt about schools losing their accreditation and the students having to go to other districts. - Jim Aug 12, 07:32
- Can't use the Ferg-Flor school district as your barometer for the city of Ferguson. - Jim Aug 12, 07:31 3
  - That's what I'm saying - that the school board votes are (broadly speaking) for Florissant + Ferguson, not just Ferguson. - Roger More Aug 12, 07:45
  - But don't a lot of kids on the west side of Florissant go to Hazelwood schools? -- nm - spamlet Aug 12, 07:33 1
    - A large chuck of Florissant goes to Hazelwood, yes. Either way, though...you can't use those school district numbers for this discussion.. - Jim Aug 12, 07:35
- I think that may be just the city of Florissant, it's neighbor where the kids on the west side (whiter) of the city go to a different district. - spamlet Aug 12, 07:28
- Appears that Florissant (which has 2.5x more people than Ferguson) is 69.3% white as well. - ty97 Aug 12, 07:26
The mayor and school board are elected, putting their composition directly - TWuG Aug 12, 07:11 1
- I think that if a large % of a group are not voting, you have to ask why. - Roger More Aug 12, 07:28

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