COLUMBIA — When Columbia police officers James Meyer, 28, and Jamie Dowler, 27, started patrolling the Douglass Park area on foot, people were quick to cross the street to avoid them. Some people shouted at them to go away. Others wouldn’t talk to them at all.
Two Columbia police officers break barriers in Douglass Park area
Sunday, August 19, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 6:50 a.m. CDT, Monday, August 20, 2012
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