Ferguson appoints new black police chief to lead majority white force

Mayor and city manager announce hiring of Andre Anderson, police commander from Arizona, who is second interim chief since Thomas Jackson resigned Ferguson, Missouri, has named a new black police chief to lead its predominantly white force, after accusations by the US Department of Justice of widespread racial bias in its policing. Mayor James Knowles III and the interim city manager, Ed Beasley, announced on Wednesday the hiring of Andre Anderson, a police commander from Glendale, Arizona, the ...