Snapshot: Prelude to a Police Riot

Snapshot: Prelude to a Police Riot

Ferguson, Missouri

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Louis Head, the stepfather of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police on August 9. Confronted by an outraged community, the police have responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. Brown, who was unarmed, was supposed to begin his first day of college the following Monday.

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