Policing in the Post-Ferguson World
Policing in the Post-Ferguson World SILVER SPRING – A solid cadre of WDC members began filling the intimate corner room this evening, trickling in to the sight of well-known friends and familiar faces to those on the political circuit in Montgomery County. Lucy Freeman’s famous chocolate chip oatmeal cookies fed small conversation among members of the community and representatives of the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) who had arrived for an event born of recent national tragedies. The evening was pulled together by the Education Committee to shed light on how MCPD conducts its business, how it stacks up to its peers around the nation, whether the incidents that spurred the #BlackLivesMatters movement could happen closer to home in Montgomery County, and a slew of other issues that has been in the public dialogue from firearm regulation to the war on drugs. The audience’s personal familiarity with the police officers combined with its initial applause in r...