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What can KC learn from Ferguson?

September 25, 2014  |    |  1 min read

The shooting of an allegedly unarmed, 18-year-old African American man by a St. Louis County police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, has fueled outrage and debates over race and justice in communities across the country.

 

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