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26. I don't understand your comment

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 01:56 PM

Mar 2015

or anger, but I feel bad for the people of Ferguson who will now be policing themselves. The old and sick will be at a disadvantage. I guess the white racists won here

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Ferguson Police Department May Fold Due To DOJ Probe [View all] marmar Mar 2015 OP

Good, they should have to dissolve. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #1

+1 In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #2

Yep. marmar Mar 2015 #3

It would be St. Louis County police or Florissant Police. pintobean Mar 2015 #5

If that city can only meet budget on the back of the poor paying fines...they need to unincorporate Sheepshank Mar 2015 #8

The mayor said traffic fines are 15% of the city's revenue pintobean Mar 2015 #9

It is possible that they may dissolve the Police Department Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #4

title should be "darren wilson destroys ANOTHER police force with his racism" Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #6

GOOD ONE CatWoman Mar 2015 #14

thankyou catwoman Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #20

<snort> Fumesucker Mar 2015 #27

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2015 #30

Dissolving the police department is not enough MurrayDelph Mar 2015 #7

that was my first thought, too. mopinko Mar 2015 #11

Ditto packman Mar 2015 #16

While I do believe the cops there suck.... Sheepshank Mar 2015 #12

Would that even be legal though if they havent been convicted for anything in a court? cstanleytech Mar 2015 #19

I hear Blackwater is looking for work. n/t Orsino Mar 2015 #33

Ferguson PD sounds as if it is too far awful to be worth saving. oldandhappy Mar 2015 #10

I'll wait to review the report; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #13

I wonder if a dissolution of the town's incorporation, JimDandy Mar 2015 #15

That could be a settlement term ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #17

Sounds like a plan TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #45

AMEN... I noticed that on NPR during the report that the JUDGES were even bigger problem uponit7771 Mar 2015 #31

What happens if someone dials 911 strawberries Mar 2015 #18

"I don't see how this is good" < Murdering the kid wasn't too good either. jtuck004 Mar 2015 #21

I guess if someone is in need strawberries Mar 2015 #23

Well, for the white racists, that does seem to be the big issue. They can fuck off. jtuck004 Mar 2015 #25

I don't understand your comment strawberries Mar 2015 #26

Ferguson still has their PD. pintobean Mar 2015 #28

What makes you think Ferguson is crime ridding place?!?! Why would the old and sick be... uponit7771 Mar 2015 #36

The old and sick are always at a disadvantage strawberries Mar 2015 #37

Go back and ask your original question - as if you were black. Then you might understand. jtuck004 Mar 2015 #39

Same that happens now; not a damn thAng.... Please understand, the LEOs in that area are NOT uponit7771 Mar 2015 #29

Some other department would provide law enforcement services. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #40

Generally, the municipality enters into a service agreement with the county ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #46

and yet, darren wilson will face no federal charges. niyad Mar 2015 #22

They'll probably leave the empty police headquarters lying in the street for hours KamaAina Mar 2015 #24

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2015 #32

If it happens, that would be the second Dept that had WILSON on the force, to close. sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #34

Maybe we should change laws to disallow fines being included in budgets at all. Matariki Mar 2015 #35

Make no mistake: what happens in Ferguson is an element of supply-side economics alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #38

Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #43

+1 and +1. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #47

Long fucking overdue... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #41

They've already folded once before...it doesnt make a difference davidn3600 Mar 2015 #42

fire all the ferguson cops rdking647 Mar 2015 #44