{"id":4339,"date":"2014-08-15T19:58:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T19:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2017-12-15T20:09:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:09:56","slug":"andy-aoki-talks-kare-11-police-force-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2014\/08\/15\/andy-aoki-talks-kare-11-police-force-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Aoki talks with KARE 11 about police force diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4342\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/08\/Aoki-e1408132091769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/08\/Aoki-e1408132091769-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Andy Aoki\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prof. Andy Aoki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Political Science Prof. Andy Aoki spoke with KARE 11 about the importance of creating diverse police departments in the cities\u00a0of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The story, which took a look at local police departments, was being explored in light of recent clashes between the public and police\u00a0in Ferguson, Missouri. Aoki said one way to help quell tensions is by developing a more diverse force. &#8220;Bringing in a more diverse force, I think, is one of the best steps,&#8221; Aoki told KARE 11&#8217;s Adrienne Broaddus. &#8220;There is a real\u00a0problem if you don&#8217;t have people who understand communities that see things from very different points of view. Even if they are well intended, you can have misunderstandings.&#8221; Watch the interview on &#8220;Ferguson fallout: Looking at local police diversity.&#8221; Aoki is featured in the video in the middle of the page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political Science Prof. Andy Aoki spoke with KARE 11 about the importance of creating diverse police departments in the cities\u00a0of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The story, which took a look at local police departments, was being explored in light of recent clashes between the public and police\u00a0in Ferguson, Missouri. Aoki said one way to help &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[194,3311,1556],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-in-the-news","tag-aoki","tag-ferguson","tag-kare11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4339"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8034,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4339\/revisions\/8034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}