• The Justice Department is poised to declare that former police officer Darren Wilson should not face civil rights charges over the death of Michael Brown, sources tell NPR.
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• One way to bring black and white residents together, says Pastor Daryl Meese, is to break bread and actually talk to one another. So he started a weekly potluck at his Ferguson church.
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• Carrying signs with messages like “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” and “Black Lives Matter”, protesters chanted and stopped traffic at an Orlando intersection Thursday evening.
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• Sanford community leader and Goldsboro Historical Museum curator Frances Oliver reflects on protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and their differences from and similarities to the massive demonstrations in Sanford two years ago, after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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• Protests have taken place across the country in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to bring criminal charges against the white police officer who fatally shot the unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown. A small group gathered for a vigil Tuesday evening at the Washington Shores Presbyterian Church in Orlando.
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• Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Monday’s grand jury decision shows the need for honest dialogue about racial tension.
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• The federal probe is examining whether Darren Wilson intentionally violated Michael Brown’s civil rights. Justice Department veterans say proving he violated federal criminal law will be difficult.
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