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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.