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Related: About this forumAbout 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_tcoA 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. "Theres, 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
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Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)1. Good start, now lets look at thousands of other police departments.
Mika
(17,751 posts)3. Not so sure. Delrish Moss was point man for Miami PD corruption cover ups.
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
combat it.
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)2. Rec - and it's worth going to the actual link
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!
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
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)4. Excellent! Making change actually happen? Priceless!
brer cat
(24,401 posts)7. Excellent news! nt
sheshe2
(83,329 posts)9. Thanks MADem.
Hope.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)10. It seems like a good start.