Where have all the good cops gone? On Saturday, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer. Brown's death has sparked considerable outrage in Ferguson, with protests and riots breaking out all weekend long, and continuing today.

 

While a lot is still unknown about the circumstances of the shooting, we do know that Brown was initially stopped by police for walking in the middle of a road. And, in an interview with KTVI, Dorin Johnson, who was with Brown at the time of the shooting, said that, "A police officer squad car pulled up. And when he pulled up, these was his exact words, he said, 'Get the f*ck on the sidewalk.' And we told the officer we was not but a minute away from our destination, and we would surely be out of the street."

 

Another eyewitness, Piaget Crenshaw, said that Brown had put his hands in the air to let police know he was unarmed and did not pose a threat. While the investigation to determine what exactly happened between the time Brown was first confronted by the officers and the shooting continues, it looks like this tragedy could be another instance of police brutality in America, and part of a trend that is growing like wildfire.

 

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Hour One: Is a battle on the border brewing?
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Article: "Area of Border Patrol Agent's Murder Left Minimally Secured" by Brandon Darby.

Article: "THE LEGENDARY MINUTEMAN PROJECT IS Coming BACK To The Southern Border " by Barbara.

Article: "FY 2013 ICE Immigration Removals" by ICE.

 

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Article: "Another Unarmed Black Teen Shot by Militarized Police" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Witnesses: Shooting of MO teen began with cops telling him to 'get the f*ck on the sidewalk'" by David Edwards.

Article: "Ferguson police officer shoots, kills teen; community outraged" by George Sells.

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Case: "Regents of the University of California v. Bakke", 1978.

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