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Why Ferguson erupts

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imageViolence erupts again in Ferguson, Missouri.Lucas Jackson/REUTERS

Peaceful demonstrations designed to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer turned violent on Monday.

With the benefit of hindsight it is clear that conditions there – and in many similar communities across the country...

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