Political Reflection on Ferguson, Mo.

You are required to write a reflection essay on one of the two reports immediately below (Ferguson report- 1st 15 pages only, or the NPR report on creation of Ghettos. All you have to do is to provide a summary, 2-3 key points/highlights, state what you learned/what stood out to you, and a paragraph about how the federal government can seriously address and provide a remedy for what has been discussed in your assigned report/NPR interview on Baltimore.

Option 1

Ferguson, Mo- Please read Parts I, II, and III (first 15 pages)- http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf (Begin with page 1- Report summary is at the top of the page).

Option 2

Freddie Gray and the 2015 Baltimore riots: Please read the completed transcript and/or listen to this report: “Historian Says Don’t Sanitize How Our Government Created Ghettos”: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=406699264