Racial diversity & police departments

A lot of news stories recently have focused on race and law enforcement. One factor that’s caused tension in the Ferguson, Missouri community and elsewhere is the racial makeup of its police force. According to the US Department of Justice, in Ferguson and across the US, the percentage of white officers is significantly higher than the percentage of the white population. KQED asked students, “Should the members of a police force reflect the larger population they serve?” Here’s what we said…

Read the initial Do Now post here: http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/...
Read the Do Now Roundup here: http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/...

Matt Krump, Carlos Avila, David Jenny, Alex Maxwell, and Victor Herrera team up to produce this KQED Do Now Roundup.