Michael Brown shooting
The latest news and comment on the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
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Ferguson reform to courts system could leave residents paying more
10 Sep 2014: Council says it wants to stop fines being used as a source of revenue for the city, but new 15% rule means an extra $3m could be taken from residents already feeling ‘preyed upon’
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6 Sep 2014: People imagine Twitter and Facebook to be much alike, but reaction to the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson suggests otherwise, writes John Naughton
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4 Sep 2014: Darnell L Moore and Patrisse Cullors: The real work begins after the camera crews have left
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1 Sep 2014:
Roy Greenslade on the continuing phenomenon of reporting that helps to provoke racism
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29 Aug 2014: You told us: ‘Broken’ taillights. Bullying. Brutality. All for the apparent crime of living while black. These are your stories
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25 Aug 2014: Isabel Wilkerson: The ‘savage’ of history has become the ‘thug’ of 2014. Injustice is so banal that we hardly notice it happening
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24 Aug 2014: Anthea Butler: Ferguson is just the latest example that people of faith have been taking on the progressive issues that matter to their parishioners
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10 Sep 2014:
‘You’ve lost your authority to govern this community,’ says one activist, as protesters express their unhappiness with council leaders
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9 Sep 2014: As grand jury decides whether to charge officer Darren Wilson, who shot unarmed teen, supporters rally near St Louis
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9 Sep 2014:
Ferguson response made Americans ‘uncomfortable’ McCaskill says
‘A lot of us were horrified’ Paul says
36% of gear in ‘surplus’ program actually new, Missouri senator says
Decisions about what local forces need made by state appointees
Gear given with no check on civil rights record of local cops, officials say
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9 Sep 2014: Senators express concern over scenes in Ferguson in review hearing on federal militarisation of local police forces
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9 Sep 2014: Penalty system in Missouri municipality, where police killed Michael Brown, was seen as unfair on black people
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8 Sep 2014:
Giant black armoured vehicles, assault rifles, gas masks and drones: the modern face of policing in America is on display at a four-day police trade show in Oakland, held mere weeks after a fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri
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7 Sep 2014: Detroit’s gentrified makeover means more policing of nuisance crimes – but the fines fall disproportionately on black residents
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5 Sep 2014: The events in Ferguson, Missouri reveal the ‘resegregation’ of America’s once-aspirational inner suburbs, which – far from the social utopias they were meant to be – have become ethnic enclaves: white in one pocket, black in another
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4 Sep 2014:
US attorney general to announce separate investigation into police department in wake of killing of teenager Michael Brown
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4 Sep 2014:
US Justice Department investigation will go beyond teenager's shooting to look at all practices of predominantly white force
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3 Sep 2014: Nearly three weeks after fatal shooting of Michael Brown caused clashes with police, governor curtails highway patrol authority
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3 Sep 2014:
Judge to decide whether to grant media requests to release records of Missouri teenager who was killed by a police officer
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30 Aug 2014: Attendee says ‘we need a strategy for urban America’ during rally held at site of unarmed black teenager’s death
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30 Aug 2014:
The crisis in Ukraine, the funeral of Michael Brown, the US Open in New York – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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29 Aug 2014:
Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri, triggered nights of violent protests, criticism of police tactics and racial upheaval. But in Rio, Brazil's second largest city, 15-year-old Lucas Lima was another statistic
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