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Saturday, 16 August 2014

Ferguson Black teen shooting: Missouri Governor declares state of emergency and curfew

Ferguson Black teen shooting: Missouri Governor declares state of emergency
and curfew

Following the widespread protest that has attended the unlawful killing of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, the Missouri governor has declared a state of emergency and set a curfew in Ferguson suburb where the black teenager was shot dead by police last weekend. The Michael Brown shooting sparked a series of week-long mass protests across the United States and has reopened the deep-rooted racists act against blacks in the US.

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Saturday, 16 August 2014

Ferguson Black teen shooting: Missouri Governor declares state of emergency and curfew