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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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• Thomas Jackson said he was sorry to the victim’s family and to anyone who felt their right to “peacefully protest” had not been protected by authorities.
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• “When something like [the shooting of Michael Brown] happens, all this does is amplify mistrust of the police department.”
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• The shooting death of the 18-year-old sparked violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. On Sunday, Brown’s father said all he wants is peace, while his son is being laid to rest.
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