How to fix our police departments

By Hank Johnson and Michael Shank

Updated 2106 GMT (0506 HKT) March 12, 2015

Ferguson activists march through downtown St. Louis during a protest on Saturday, March 14. The Ferguson Police Department has been under fire since one of its officers, Darren Wilson, shot and killed African-American teen Michael Brown in August, and more recently since a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report documented a pattern of racial discrimination.
Photos: Calls for calm in Ferguson after shooting
Ferguson activists march through downtown St. Louis during a protest on Saturday, March 14. The Ferguson Police Department has been under fire since one of its officers, Darren Wilson, shot and killed African-American teen Michael Brown in August, and more recently since a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report documented a pattern of racial discrimination.
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A protester with a taped mouth marches through downtown St. Louis on March 14.
Photos: Calls for calm in Ferguson after shooting
A protester with a taped mouth marches through downtown St. Louis on March 14.
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St. Louis police arrest a demonstrator in St. Louis on March 14.
Photos: Calls for calm in Ferguson after shooting