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Ferguson, MO 2014

Statistics

Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity | Ferguson Commission
'The data suggests, time and again, that our institutions and existing systems are not equal, and that this has racial repercussions. Black people in the region feel those repercussions when it comes to law enforcement, the justice system, housing, health, education, and income.'
1.5 Million Black Men | NYT
For every 100 black women not in jail, there are only 83 black men. The remaining men – 1.5 million of them – are, in a sense, missing.
Bureau of Justice
Statistics and surveys related to law enforcement.
Criminal Justice Fact Sheet | NAACP
Sentencing and incarceration trends.
Racial Profiling Data: Ferguson, MO
Racial profiling data compiled on vehicle stops by the Ferguson Police Department. See www.ago.mo.gov and the 2014 Report for more information.
St. Louis Public Radio
Demographics and Numbers from Ferguson
Department of Housing & Urban Development
HUD Archives archives on budgets, programs, initiatives, and other documents from previous administrations.
Crime in the United States | FBI
2013 Report on "justifiable homicide" by law enforcement. Additional links for related data.
Harvard's Journalist's Resource
Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict in the wake of Ferguson.
Pew Research Center
Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions
Gawker.com
Unarmed People of Color Killed by Police, 1999-2014.
Poynter.org
Fact-checking claims about race after Ferguson shooting.
Quartz
These seven charts explain how Ferguson—and many other US cities—wring revenue from black people and the poor.

Economic Policy

The Making of Ferguson:
Public Policies at the Root of its Trouble

"But these explanations are too partial, and too conveniently excuse public policy from responsibility. A more powerful cause of metropolitan segregation in St. Louis and nationwide has been the explicit intents of federal, state, and local governments to create racially segregated metropolises."

In the News

In Ferguson, Photographs as Powerful Agents | NYT
Thousands of photographs continue to flood out of Ferguson, Mo., some by photojournalists, but many more by local residents on social media. While these images document quickly unfolding events, they serve another purpose: providing the African-American community with an important outlet for reporting on — and taking control of — the chaos around it....

Image Galleries

Documenting Ferguson
A partnership between Washington University and St. Louis-area universities and organizations.
Slate Magazine
Photos from the Protests
The Huffington Post
Powerful Photos Show the Nationwide Response to Michael Brown Won't End Any Time Soon.
Vice News
'I Can't Breathe': Videos Show Protesters Across the US Outraged Over Police Killings.
St. Louis Public Radio
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is adding protest artwork and signage to its permanent collection.

In the News

Hundreds of Police Killings Are Uncounted in Federal Stats

When 24-year-old Albert Jermaine Payton wielded a knife in front of the police in this city’s southeast corner, officers opened fire and killed him.

Yet according to national statistics intended to track police killings, Mr. Payton's death in August 2012 never happened. It is one of hundreds of homicides by law enforcement agencies between 2007 and 2012 that aren't included in records kept by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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