It has been one year since a police officer shot 18-year-old Michael Brown dead in Ferguson, Missouri. His death prompted outrage from the local community, and sparked demonstrations throughout the United States. Police officer Darren Wilson, 28, was responding to reports of a suspected robbery when he came across Brown.

After initially struggling with each other in circumstances that are not wholly clear, Wilson shot his gun 12 times. It is thought his last bullet proved the fatal shot, killing Brown who was unarmed.

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His death sparked major protests, as questions about policing and race were brought to the fore once again, and there was further fury when it emerged Wilson would not be charged.

Later still, the US Department of Justice ruled that the officer had not breached any civil rights law.

The outcry saw the Black Lives Matter movement – formed in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s shooting by neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman – take on increased public prominence, especially when evidence emerged of police involvement in the deaths of Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, and Samuel DuBose.
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But despite the protests and soul searching after Michael Brown’s death, people have continued to die at the hands of police in America – including 54 teenagers, of all races.

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