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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1413134" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>DOJ bans media, non-residents from future Ferguson town hall meetings</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>After <strong>Ferguson, Mo</strong>., issued a press release promoting five <strong>town hall meetings</strong> to address concerns of the community, the Department of Justice informed the city that no media or non-residents would be allowed to attend.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>“This was not and never was a decision made by the City and it will be up to DOJ to enforce it if that is their policy,” Ferguson spokesman Devin James wrote in an email to the <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/reporters-non-residents-banned-from-upcoming-ferguson-town-hall-meetings/article_97875150-fe60-57af-991d-1f24b97be012.html" target="_blank">St. Louis Post Dispatch</a>. “The City simply wants to do what’s in the best interest of residents so they can have the opportunity to have meaningful dialogue.”</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>The meetings are being conducted by the <strong>Department of Justice’s</strong> <a href="http://www.justice.gov/crs/what-we-do" target="_blank">Community Relations Service</a>, which generally handles conflict resolution, but it is “required by law to conduct its activities in confidence and without publicity.”</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/09/23/doj-bans-media-non-residents-from-future-ferguson-town-hall-meetings-147386" target="_blank">http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/09/23/doj-bans-media-non-residents-from-future-ferguson-town-hall-meetings-147386</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1413134, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]DOJ bans media, non-residents from future Ferguson town hall meetings[/B] [B]After [B]Ferguson, Mo[/B]., issued a press release promoting five [B]town hall meetings[/B] to address concerns of the community, the Department of Justice informed the city that no media or non-residents would be allowed to attend. “This was not and never was a decision made by the City and it will be up to DOJ to enforce it if that is their policy,” Ferguson spokesman Devin James wrote in an email to the [URL='http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/reporters-non-residents-banned-from-upcoming-ferguson-town-hall-meetings/article_97875150-fe60-57af-991d-1f24b97be012.html']St. Louis Post Dispatch[/URL]. “The City simply wants to do what’s in the best interest of residents so they can have the opportunity to have meaningful dialogue.” The meetings are being conducted by the [B]Department of Justice’s[/B] [URL='http://www.justice.gov/crs/what-we-do']Community Relations Service[/URL], which generally handles conflict resolution, but it is “required by law to conduct its activities in confidence and without publicity.” [url]http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/09/23/doj-bans-media-non-residents-from-future-ferguson-town-hall-meetings-147386[/url] [/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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