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Michael Brown: Is It Fair Or Is It Fair?
It was sad to read on this subject, and I understood that Michael Brown, a black unarmed teenager was shot dead on August 9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Therefore, many people came to protest this crime who do not believe it is fair that this happened. I also think it's not fair. The boy was unarmed and that there is not just killed this way. The official and had fired two shots and instead of taking the child to the hospital for his wounds heal and then prosecute or bring to trial. The policeman preferred to throw more bullets, he made the young life lost. Many people think this is because there is still racism, and among other things that discriminate against African Americans
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