Word: lukens
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...ordered officers to record the race of people they stop. But two weeks later, Cincinnati's streets were littered with the familiar iconography of failure: fiery Dumpsters, splintered storefronts and citizens sitting on the curb, weeping from tear gas. Police in riot gear ringed city hall, and Mayor Charlie Luken appeared on TV--shaken and anxious--to announce a strict curfew. While many American cities wrestle with the same slippery problems, Cincinnati had become a model of racial injustice...
...other neighborhoods and intensified Monday night, when police attempted to quell the violence with rubber bullets, beanbags and tear gas. As of April 14, a week after the shooting, more than 60 people had been injured and over 25 had been admitted to a hospital. On Thursday, Mayor Charles Luken imposed a nighttime curfew, which appears to have restored a degree of calm...