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1. And guess what race something like 95% of the cops in Ferguson are?

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 07:07 PM

Aug 2014

That'd be white. And the town is close to two-thirds African American.

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86% of all police stops in Ferguson, Missouri (2013) were of Black people [View all] KeepItReal Aug 2014 OP

And guess what race something like 95% of the cops in Ferguson are? KamaAina Aug 2014 #1

No sh*t. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #7

They tell you that there 15,865 people over age 16 in Ferguson KeepItReal Aug 2014 #4

But you raise an important point. Igel Aug 2014 #5

Exactly. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #8

Rachael Maddow is covering these stats on her show tonight KeepItReal Aug 2014 #6