Police violence in America: six years after Ferguson, George Floyd's killing shows little has changed

In 2014, Michael Brown’s killing by white police prompted talk of reform – but the country has failed to stanch the bleeding

After the African American teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, the epidemic of police violence against people of color in the US captured national and global attention, for a time.

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