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In wake of Ferguson, a bid to make St. Louis a more ‘compassionate’ city

c. 2014 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS (RNS) Some might argue that if there is one thing this city could use more of right now, it’s compassion.

Even before civil unrest surfaced in the region after Officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, local leaders were trying to find a way to cultivate more of it. But how exactly? And how would we know when we had enough?