A Quote by William Lacy Clay, Jr.

I have absolutely no confidence in the Ferguson police, the county prosecutor.

William Lacy Clay, Jr.

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William Lacy Clay, Jr.
American - Politician
Born: July 27, 1956

The coffers are full of money and equipment for the Ferguson Police and the Missouri National Guard to put down a potential uprising, but no money for actually uplifting the people of Ferguson, St. Louis, Missouri and around the nation.

Jesse Jackson

I couldn't become a policeman, so being county prosecutor is the next best thing.

Robert P. McCulloch

I wouldn't call it "police reform," but I would say that police procedure enhancement could be helpful - these police shootings are absolutely horrible.

Nancy Grace

I went back to the States and started at a small newspaper in Riverside County, California, covering the police; I was making $280 a week covering the police.

John Pomfret

It's an issue that we need to have a national discussion about, the militarization of local police forces, and then when they are used to quell peaceful demonstration. Then we have a problem, and especially around this entire case of the murder of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson police officer.

William Lacy Clay, Jr.

When journalists and politicians speak of a dwindling middle class that's under economic assault and a poor community that's getting bigger, they're talking about Ferguson. Independent of the racial demographics and dynamics of Ferguson, Missouri, there's a 'Ferguson' near you.

Jesse Jackson

As a young prosecutor right out of law school at the Alameda County DA's office that Earl Warren once led, I started my work.

Kamala Harris

Police departments are always a reflection of the society that they serve. Is there such a thing as 'police culture?' Absolutely. Is that culture isolated form the surrounding society? Absolutely not.

Don Winslow

Cops should not be separate from the black community or any community. Their salaries are paid for by the communities they police. They should be working for the communities they police. But as we saw in Ferguson, Missouri, they are not always doing that.

W. Kamau Bell

I have voted for police funding in part because of my own experience as a prosecutor.

Conor Lamb

We faced police dogs when we fought for justice for Mike Brown in Ferguson in 2014.

Cori Bush

You also had in Detroit that summer, an early variation of Ferguson. A black prostitute was shot in the back by police. And all of the efforts that a very progressive police chief and mayor of that period had put into trying to restore race relations started to fall apart again, and you could see that unraveling for several years until the riots or rebellion of 1967.

David Maraniss

Effective policing relies on the police having the confidence of the communities they serve, and this consultation gives the public an opportunity to contribute to the values and standards they expect of police officers.

Hazel Blears

I've served Ohioans starting as a county prosecutor in 1976 for, for 30 years. I think they know my integrity. I think they know my honesty. I think they knew who, who I am.

Mike DeWine

Why is it that the same people who have the least confidence in the police and the military are the most willing to allow only the police and the military to have guns?