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How Can We Prevent Ferguson from Happening in Mountain View?

"How Can We Prevent Ferguson from Happening in Mountain View?" Civility Roundtable - Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

“How Can We Prevent Ferguson from Happening in Mountain View?” : A Community Dialogue about Effective Relations among Police and Residents
Featuring

Chief Max Bosel
Chief of Police—Mountain View

Ret. Judge LaDoris Cordell
Independent Police Auditor—San Jose

Ramiro Blancarte
Community Member Experienced with Police Relations

Marco Garcia
Police Officer—Mountain View

Margalynne J. Armstrong
Law Professor—Santa Clara University

And moderator:
Joe Simitian
Santa Clara County Supervisor

Facilitated Group Break Out Discussions with
Mountain View Mediation Project and League of Women Voters

Event Details
Wed, Apr. 22, 6:30-8:45pm Mountain View Senior Center
266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View

Suggested Prep Materials:
1. “What Happened In Ferguson?”—NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/13/us/ferguson-missouri-town-under-siege-after-police-shooting.html?_r=0

2. “Ferguson Police Shooting: How the Violent Night Unfolded”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/ferguson-police-shooting-violent-night-unfolded/story?id=29583760

3. “2 NYPD police officers ‘assassinated’; shooter dead”—CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/20/us/new-york-police-officers-shot/

4. Silent Beats—short video highlighting flash judgments: www.youtube.com/watch?v=76BboyrEl48

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