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A 17-year-old civil rights demonstrator being attacked by a police dog during protests. From
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In majority African-American town, government does not reflect population and feeds Ferguson racial tensions
Democracy, elections, and voting
The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday, Sept. 5: ——— A few numbers indicate a civil rights investigation of the Ferguson, Mo., police department is long overdue. On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Department of Justice will begin such an inquiry. This is an important and positive step forward, but
A new democrat says
Please listen to the podcast ‘Revisonist History with Malcom Gladwell regarding Mr. Hudson’s photograph captioned ‘A 17-year old civil rights demonstrator being attacked by a police dog during protests’. You’ll hear from the police officer’s friend and from the police officer’s widow that he was trying to hold the dog back. You will also hear from the 17- year old who was not a protester but says he skipped school that day to try and get a glimpse of Dr. Martin Luther King and stepped behind a barricade and the dog lunged at him. The sculptor also speaks about his vision of the photo and why he sculpted it as he did.