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Charles Rex Arbogast

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March 5, 2015

US finds racist, profit-driven practices in Ferguson

By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal investigation into the police killing of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, lays bare what officials contend are racist, profit-driven law enforcement practices

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