In August 2014, police in Ferguson, Missouri, shot Michael Brown, a young black man. The incident sparked a wave of protest, and elicited a dialogue about police and race relations nationwide. The town of Ferguson is predominantly African American, having become increasingly so as white residents moved to the suburbs. Some people have argued that part of the problem in Ferguson originated from the disparity between the residents and police department, where the city was comprised of one population (black) and the police department of another (white). This underlies a more fundamental problem faced by many communities, in that the decline of communal ties has lessened the amount of____________________:
a. Trust
b. Law abidance
c. Sense of security
d. Riots

These situations have seemed to show that the decline of communal ties has lessened the amount of trust within the community. The individuals of the community do not trust the police because by being from another population (white) the community believes that they are acting out of their own self interest and do not care about the community population (black). Therefore creating a barrier of distrust between both populations.

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