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Protesting Ferguson:
Ferguson has become a one-word rallying cry for debate about race relations and the use of deadly force by police in America.
The recent grand jury decisions not to indite white police officers for the deaths of black men in Ferguson, Mo., and New York ignited outrage across the country following months of protests over the killings of the unarmed men.
In August 2014, Michael Brown, 18, was killed by a police officer in Ferguson who said he stopped Brown for jaywalking but shot him in a confrontation after linking him to a nearby theft. Eric Garner, 43, died the previous month when a New York police officer put him in a chokehold after stopping him on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes.
In scenes that evoke the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s, protesters are using their First Amendment rights to assemble and petition for change.
News coverage of a protests has sparked a national debate about race and the criminal justice system. |