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| Lacey Turner at the August protests On West Florissant Ave, in Ferguson. Photo provided by Lacey Turner for the KCFV article. |
By Holly Shanks
Lacey Turner, 35, said that when he found out about the number of black police officers compared to white officers in Ferguson, he thought it was “crazy.” He said if a community has a large minority population, then the number of police should reflect that diversity.
“I feel if you don’t have that balance… the community feels like (the authorities) can’t relate to what they are going through,” Turner said. “I do think that causes tension in itself because even if you’re not trying to be – I guess racial – it puts in people’s minds you’re trying to racially have power over this community.”
