THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO IS ONE OF NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS IN ALBUQUERQUE THAT HAS LONG PUSHED FOR REFORMS AT APD. SPOKESMAN MICAH MCCOY SAYS IT'S HARD TO COMMENT ON THE DECISION IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI BECAUSE HE HASN'T SEEN ALL THE EVIDENCE.
AS FOR THE REACTION TO THE DECISION TO NOT INDICT OFFICER DARREN WILSON. HE THINKS PUBLIC REACTION APPEARS TO BE A REFLECTION OF A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM IN WHICH POLICE ARE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY USE EXCESSIVE FORCE.
HIS GROUP, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHERS AND THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE, WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO HELP CRAFT THE CONSENT DECREE THAT IS DESIGNED TO REFORM APD AFTER A SERIES OF OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
