6/29/2023 0 Comments Until the Flood by Cynthia Brint![]() ![]() Unable to corroborate the account of the shooting by Brown’s companion - that he’d been approaching Wilson with his hands up, prepared to surrender - a local grand jury declined to indict. The riots were countered with tank and military style weaponry purchased from the federal government. Brown’s killing (six bullets in the front) provoked riots and unrest, stirring righteous rage within a black community long subject to abuse and intimidation from an all-white police force (supported in turn by an all-white city council). ![]() The fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson in 2014 cast a harsh spotlight on the community of Ferguson, Missouri. Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre ![]()
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