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2024-08-09 21:19:34 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 48EB930ABCB4F1DE9E00D2F368908E6D1E82223AE9A5880FCE8D4873F3EB64A6
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Issues with corroborating eyewitness accounts in re whether his hands were in the air may have prevented charges being filed, but Michael Brown’s death 10 years ago in Ferguson, MO drew attention to racial discrimination and its effects continue to be felt now. https://apnews.com/88a3dd50044c89800f5bd0e300c27351 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/dorian-johnson-witness-to-the-ferguson-shooting-sticks-by-his-story/2019/08/08/79ff3760-b77e-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/03/19/hands-up-dont-shoot-did-not-happen-in-ferguson/
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