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District Attorney recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute Amendment I (with an effective date retroactive to September 1, 2017) to Agreement for Services 455-S1710, with Capitol Tech Solutions for the provision of strategic digital and social media consulting and public information services in the not-to-exceed amount of $37,200 for the period of May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018; and
2) Approve a budget transfer to appropriate the use of Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Funds. (Est. Time: 10 Min.)
FUNDING: Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Funds.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
District Attorney recommending the Board approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute Amendment I (retroactive to September 1, 2017) to Agreement for Services 455-S1710, with Capitol Tech Solutions for the provision of strategic digital and social media consulting and public information services in the not-to-exceed amount of $37,200 for the period of May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In 2014, the country bought into a grossly misleading news story regarding the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The “story” goes like this - Brown was murdered while holding up his hands and uttering “hands up don’t shoot” and the allegedly corrupt District Attorney covered it up using a grand jury.
Time magazine posted a narrative characterizing Brown as a "gentle giant." In only two days, this false story was repeated again and again, until it became a socially constructed reality, or as is more commonly called, an “urban myth.” To fully appreciate the scope and depth of this false story, it must be noted that the United State Department of Justice led by then Attorney General Eric Holder, conducted an exhaustive independent investigation and concluded with an 83-page report that debunked the entire salacious narrative concerning the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Brown.
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