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MADem

(135,425 posts)
Mon May 9, 2016, 12:27 PM May 2016

About Time: Ferguson's First Black Police Chief Delrish Moss to Be Sworn in Today

http://abcnews.go.com/US/fergusons-black-police-chief-delrish-moss-sworn-today/story?id=38980635&cid=abcnp_tco


A veteran Miami police officer is set to be sworn in today as the first black police chief of Ferguson, Missouri.

Delrish Moss is scheduled to be sworn in at 3 p.m., replacing Tom Jackson, who resigned last year after a Justice Department report cited racial bias in Ferguson's criminal justice system.

The new leadership comes in the wake of protests and riots that overtook the city in the summer of 2014 after Michael Brown, an 18-year-old unarmed black teen, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer. A St. Louis County grand jury and the Department of Justice declined to indict the officer.

As Moss takes on this new role, he said he hopes to diversify the police department.

"The department now has very few females in sworn positions," he recently told the New York Times. "There’s, I think, a total of 54 police officers, and I think three or four African-Americans.".....
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About Time: Ferguson's First Black Police Chief Delrish Moss to Be Sworn in Today (Original Post) MADem May 2016 OP
Good start, now lets look at thousands of other police departments. Jackie Wilson Said May 2016 #1
Not so sure. Delrish Moss was point man for Miami PD corruption cover ups. Mika May 2016 #3
Maybe it takes one to know one--if he's familiar with a corrupt culture, he knows how to MADem May 2016 #5
I hope so. Mika May 2016 #6
Rec - and it's worth going to the actual link JustAnotherGen May 2016 #2
Yes sheshe2 May 2016 #8
Excellent! Making change actually happen? Priceless! FrenchieCat May 2016 #4
Excellent news! nt brer cat May 2016 #7
Thanks MADem. sheshe2 May 2016 #9
It seems like a good start. rusty quoin May 2016 #10
 

Mika

(17,751 posts)
3. Not so sure. Delrish Moss was point man for Miami PD corruption cover ups.
Mon May 9, 2016, 12:48 PM
May 2016

Miami PD is seriously corrupt and brutal.
I live and work in Miami.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
5. Maybe it takes one to know one--if he's familiar with a corrupt culture, he knows how to
Mon May 9, 2016, 04:28 PM
May 2016

combat it.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
2. Rec - and it's worth going to the actual link
Mon May 9, 2016, 12:32 PM
May 2016

The picture with the mother of the shooting victim says a lot about who this man is. Also - his experiences with the police probably shaped how he does his job. Great thing for Ferguson!

sheshe2

(83,329 posts)
8. Yes
Mon May 9, 2016, 09:16 PM
May 2016

City of Miami Police Major Delrish Moss consoles Tramele Harris, mother of 16-year-old Richard Hallman, who was shot and killed recently in Overtown, March 26, 2015, in Miami.

Hope and Change
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