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reporter: i think the big takeaway was is that over the course of seven months, the question really was always going to be, could all the organizing, all the anger and protests amount to some sort of political power? and in some ways, it did in this election, and some ways it didn t, in terms of the candidates of choice for many protesters. but as we mentioned in that package, to go from 12% turnout last election to 30%, that s an extreme that s an explosion. i was told by a state senator that in one polling place near canfield green apartments, where michael brown was killed, last election, four people showed up to vote. that s four. this year, when she was leaving, there were 80 people in that polling place. that s big difference. and clearly, many focuses are motivated by all of the emotions and all of the context of the last seven months. in north charleston where you are now, when you and i were there, we were talking to a bunch of different people who were sort of laying ou ....
To be true, both literally and also in terms of the level of tension there is. but a lot of people, i know that you were talking to, were talking about parts of north charleston that are predominantly african-american, where folks feel like their profile doesn t matter, of course. that s right. so the same issues that were reflected in the department of justice report out of ferguson, disproportionate stops of black folks, wide and long complaints from some community members saying they were targeted and harassed by the police. you re hearing the same things here. so why this isn t ferguson one in that the police officer, michael slager, was charged with murder, and he s locked up right now in the county jail. so the system seems to be working. but they say the killing itself just highlights, you know, the breadth of the issue here. and talking about the city council in ferguson. just in about an hour ago, a dozen or so protesters, many of them black lives matter protesters, spilled ....
And a lot of people, their first line was, this isn t ferguson, this isn t ferguson, which seems to be true, both literally and also in terms of the level of tension there is. but a lot of people, i know that you were talking to, were talking about parts of north charleston that are predominantly african-american, where folks feel like their profile doesn t matter, of course. that s right. so the same issues that were reflected in the department of justice report out of ferguson, disproportionate stops of black folks, wide and long complaints from some community members saying they were targeted and harassed by the police. you re hearing the same things here. so why this isn t ferguson one in that the police officer, michael slager, was charged with murder, and he s locked up right now in the county jail. so the system seems to be working. but they say the killing itself just highlights, you know, the breadth of the issue here. and talking about the city council in ferguson. ....
Are now, when you and i were there, we were talking to a bunch of different people who were sort of laying out what the picture of that place is like. and a lot of people, their first line was, this isn t ferguson this isn t ferguson, which seems to be true both literally and also in terms of the level of tension there is. but a lot of people i know that you were talking to, were talking about parts of north charleston that are predominantly african-american, where folks feel like their profile doesn t matter of course. that s right. so the same issues that were reflected in the department of justice report out of ferguson, disproportionate stops of black folks, wide and long complaints from some community members saying they were targeted and harassed by the police. you re hearing the same things here. so why this isn t ferguson one in that the police officer michael slager was charged with murder, and he s locked up right now in the county jail. so the system seems to be working. b ....