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A year later, Ferguson moves forward

By Associated Press in Ferguson, US | China Daily | Updated: 2015-08-08 07:39

A year ago, Ferguson, Missouri, was a mostly quiet working-class suburban town. The uneasy relationship between its growing black population and its mostly white police force barely registered in local headlines.

Everything changed on Aug 9, 2014, when a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old. The street confrontation on that sultry day launched the "Black Lives Matter" movement.

Now the city government, and the streets themselves, look much different.

A year later, Ferguson moves forward

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