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Michael Brown

2/20/2015

Reflections on Healing and Trauma in Ferguson

Opinion

Guest Writer

I arrive in St. Louis a month after the Darren Wilson verdict tore the lid off the facade of peaceful race relations in America. The last person to look Michael Brown in the face, speak to him, walks free as I tread the streets of my hometown and take in what’s left of Ferguson.

11/26/2014

Statement by National Juvenile Justice Advocacy Organizations on the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision

Opinion

John Kelly

We stand in solidarity with Michael Brown and his family and their supporters in Ferguson and across the nation. Michael Brown’s fate – killed by a police officer and denied justice – is yet another example that black and brown children are not always protected by our nation’s laws and that the justice system works differently for different people.

8/19/2014

Make Training Police on Juvenile Justice, Youth Interaction a National Priority

Opinion

Guest Writer

by Lisa Thurau Michael Brown’s death could have been avoided. Easily. An entire government agency, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), exists to teach officers how to negotiate and resolve issues without resort to force.

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