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Ferguson obscures bigger problems in the ‘black community’

By Larry Elder
Published November 28, 2014 5:50am ET
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Ferguson obscures bigger problems in the ‘black community’
In this Aug. 9, 2014, file photo, a crowd gathers near the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson, File) | David Carson

From the very beginning, this was much ado about an aberration, a tragic aberration to be sure, but an aberration nonetheless.

Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. Immediately, according to St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch, witnesses began to give different versions of what happened.

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