Amy Goodman
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The Killing of Michael Brown: Missouri Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Teen Sparks Days of Protests
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12:10Now PlayingProtesters in St. Louis, Missouri are demanding justice in a police shooting that killed an unarmed AfricanAmerican teen. Eighteenyearold Michael Brown was shot to death in the suburb of Ferguson on Saturday afternoon. Brown was reportedly walking in the middle of the street with his friend when a police officer drove up and ordered them onto the sidewalk. The St. Louis County Police is claiming Brown physically assaulted the officer and tried to reach for his weapon inside a police car. But witnesses have provided a sharply different account, saying Brown was shot with his arms up as he tried to flee the officer’s fire. Brown had recently graduated from high school and was due to begin college courses this week. Protests began immediately after the shooting, with tensions escalating on Sunday when demonstrators were met by riot police with dogs. We speak to Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP, who is in Ferguson meeting with the local community. We are also joined by Antonio French, a community advocate who has been live tweeting and posting Vine videos of the protests.
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