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Ferguson residents press council to keep consent-decree funding after status hearing
Summary
Dozens of residents told the Ferguson City Council they expect continued funding for the city's consent decree implementation, praising the consent-decree coordinator and warning that diverting money could undermine compliance and invite legal consequences.
Dozens of Ferguson residents used the council's public-comment period to urge the city to continue funding work required by its consent decree and to oppose cutting the salary of the city's consent-decree coordinator. The comments followed a status hearing in federal court earlier in the day in which attorneys, the monitor and the judge reviewed progress, residents said; speakers reported the judge and U.S. Department of Justice representatives praised the city's recent work. Residents repeatedly asked the council not to divert consent-decree funds to other priorities. Speakers described the status hearing as a public…
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