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• Position: ON THE LINE - Police shootings of unarmed black teenagers in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York Sparked protests - Brief article

The shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shined a national spotlight on the continuing problems of racism and police violence against African Americans. When the grand jury in Ferguson failed to indict the police officer who killed Brown, and another grand jury in Staten Island failed to indict the New York police officer who...