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Ferguson unrest
The
Ferguson unrest
(also referred to just as
Ferguson
) involves
protests
and
riots
that began the day after the fatal
shooting of Michael Brown
by
Darren Wilson
, a police officer, on August 9, 2014, in
Ferguson, Missouri
. The unrest sparked a vigorous debate in the
United States
about the relationship between law enforcement officers and
African Americans
, the
militarization of the police
, and the
Use of Force Doctrine in Missouri
and
nationwide
. Continued activism expanded the issues to include modern-day debtors prisons, for-profit policing, and school segregration.
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