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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 1388495" data-attributes="member: 1940">Could the problems in Ferguson be coming from the top?If it seems like the African-American community in Ferguson, Missouri <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ferguson-presser-goes-off-the-rails-as-residents-shout-down-governor/" target="_blank">is not crazy about</a> Governor Jay Nixon (D-MO), a move he made as attorney general back in the early 1990&#039;s could be part of the problem.As the Washington Post’s Philip Bump <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/14/missouri-gov-jay-nixon-has-been-at-the-center-of-racial-tension-before-ferguson/" target="_blank">reported this week</a>, one year after becoming Missouri’s attorney general in 1992 Nixon filed a motion to end St. Louis’ school desegregation program, claiming it was not cost effective.<a href="http://www.mediaite.com/online/missouri-governor-jay-nixon-once-tried-to-end-desegregation-of-st-louis-schools/" target="_blank">Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Once Tried to End Desegregation of St. Louis Schools</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 1388495, member: 1940"] Could the problems in Ferguson be coming from the top? If it seems like the African-American community in Ferguson, Missouri [URL='http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ferguson-presser-goes-off-the-rails-as-residents-shout-down-governor/']is not crazy about[/URL] Governor [B]Jay Nixon[/B] (D-MO), a move he made as attorney general back in the early 1990's could be part of the problem. As the [I]Washington Post’[/I]s [B]Philip Bump[/B] [URL='http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/14/missouri-gov-jay-nixon-has-been-at-the-center-of-racial-tension-before-ferguson/']reported this week[/URL], one year after becoming Missouri’s attorney general in 1992 Nixon filed a motion to end St. Louis’ school desegregation program, claiming it was not cost effective. [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://www.mediaite.com/online/missouri-governor-jay-nixon-once-tried-to-end-desegregation-of-st-louis-schools/']Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Once Tried to End Desegregation of St. Louis Schools[/URL][/B] [/SIZE] [SIZE=6][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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