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Former Tiger touched community through police work, now coaching

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | June 18, 2020

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Protesters face off with Ferguson police officer DeQuincy Howard and other officers on the parking lot of the Ferguson Market on West Florissant Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, on the third anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.

DeQuincy Howard, a former Mizzou football player and the new head coach at Roosevelt High School, has worked in local law enforcement for more than a decade. He was on the front lines of the Ferguson protests. He knows there are plenty of good police officers. He knows there are deeply rooted problems to fix.

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