The first anniversary of the shooting death of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown at the hands of a white police offer was marked by another shooting – in Ferguson. Police say during a protest last night, a black male opened fire on police, who then returned fire, leaving the shooter in critical condition. Since Ferguson, there have been numerous other deaths of African-Americans while in police custody, which begs the question: a year later, what has changed?
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Ferguson: One Year After the Shooting of Michael Brown
Posted August 10th, 2015 at 1:05 pm (UTC-4)
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How Ferguson and #BlackLivesMatter Taught Us Not to Look Away
Posted August 10th, 2015 at 8:53 am (UTC-4)
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One year ago, on August 9 2014, then-police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri…. From that minute has grown a movement, reinforced on a seemingly daily basis by new violence.
60 Years Later, Echoes of Emmett Till’s Killing
“Before Trayvon Martin, before Michael Brown, before Tamir Rice, there was Emmett Till. This was the first ‘Black Lives Matter’ story.