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D E F E N D I N G L A W E N F O R C E M E N T I N C O U R T A N D I N T H E C O U R T O F P U B L I C O P I N I O N Ronald T. Hosko

Last August, the country looked on in horror as the town of Ferguson, Missouri descended into rage and chaos. A young police officer, Darren Wilson , had shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown who, only moments after stealing cigars from a convenience store andmenacing its clerk, resisted OfficerWilson’s attempt to detain him by assaulting Wilson in his SUV and struggled with the officer for his gun.

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