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McDonald's emerges as a hub for protesters, police and journalists in Ferguson, Mo
2019
Overview
In the days following the 2014 shooting, the Ferguson McDonald’s had served a different function as a harborage of sorts for people seeking food or normalcy, for cops on coffee breaks, for reporters needing tables and internet to write and file their dispatches, and for demonstrators escaping the heat of the protests and the clashes with police. In the recent, particularly fraught years, law enforcement agencies have (formally and informally) used fast food restaurants as bases to step up their community outreach efforts. Responding to a public Facebook comment from an irate citizen who asked why taxpayers are paying for cops to serve drinks instead of preventing crime, the police department of Albany, Oregon, explained: “When our officers engage people in different ways (like serving them coffee), it provides a unique opportunity for connection.
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Lebhar-Friedman, Inc
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