Saturday, 29 November 2014

Ferguson lesson: Police can better calm situations

FILE- In this Aug. 9, 2014 photo, police officers stand near a crowd gathering by the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Departments around the country have in recent years stepped up their training in "de-escalation" — the art of defusing a tense situation with a word or a gesture instead of being confrontational or reaching for a weapon. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson, File) SEATTLE (AP) — The grand jury that declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson was focused on whether he might have acted in self-defense when he shot and killed unarmed, 18-year-old Michael Brown.








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