Ferguson, Missouri gets black police chief after Michael Brown case

[WorldNews]

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An African American officer took the helm of the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, less than two years after police there killed unarmed black teen Michael Brown. Brown's 2014 death sparked weeks of sometimes violent protests, and ignited a national debate about race relations and law enforcement in the United States. Ferguson was required to reform its police department and courts after federal investigators found a widespread pattern of racial discrimination and multiple violations of citizens' constitutional rights in the St Louis, Missouri suburb.

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