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"21 Numbers That Will Help You Understand Why Ferguson Is About More Than Michael Brown Posted: 08/22/2014 11:33 am EDT Updated: 08/25/2014 8:59 am EDT Share 3566 Tweet 833 0 Email 150 Comment 498 The shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown has sparked nationwide protest and outrage as the country continues to grapple with its history of racial discrimination and police brutality, especially against African-Americans. Brown's name is one of the latest additions to a long list of black males killed by officers and vigilantes in a narrative that is becoming all too familiar to many people of color."

"Michael Brown's death was part of a tragic and unacceptable pattern: Police officers in the United States shoot and kill civilians in shockingly high numbers. How many killings are there each year? No one can say for sure, because police departments don't want us to know."