al-jazeera the news and current affairs that matter. how does the. how and welcome again to rewind on in the sopranos since we launched al-jazeera english more than a decade ago we have tackled many difficult and sensitive stories across the world today we rewind into august 2014 when the faultline feelies traveled to ferguson missouri and the midst of street rest following the police shooting of a young african-american. michael brown was just 18 and a mom when he was shot by a white police officer after being stopped while walking with a friend and the hours after the shooting the residents of this mostly black area of service and took to the streets to protest against the killing and to demand that the police officer should be named the police responded by flooding the area with armed officers and riot gear and military style equipment by the time night fell the streets of ferguson looked like a war zone it was the beginning of more than a week of street protests which div
a record high. in reality plus the pandemic devastates indigenous communities across latin america. counting the cost on al-jazeera. hello and welcome again to rewind i m elizabeth purana since we launched al-jazeera english more than a decade ago we ve tackled many difficult and sensitive stories across the world today we rewind into august 2014 when the frontline series traveled to ferguson missouri and the midst of street on rest following the police shooting of a young african-american michael brown was just 18 and a mom when he was shot by a white police officer after being stopped while walking with a friend and hours after the shooting the residents of this mostly black area of service and took to the streets to protest against the killing and to demand that the police officer should be named the police responded by flooding the area with armed officers and riot gear and military style equipment by the time night fell the streets of ferguson looked like a war zone it w
more news for you here on al-jazeera after a rewind next. hello and welcome again to rewind i m melissa purana since we launched al-jazeera english more than a decade ago we ve tackled many difficult and sensitive stories across the world today we rewind into august 2014 when the frontline series traveled to ferguson missouri in the midst of street on rest following the police shooting of a young african-american michael brown was just 18 and a mom when he was shot by a white police officer after being stopped while walking with a friend in the hours after the shooting the residents of this mostly black area of service and took to the streets to protest against the killing and to demand that the police officers should be named the police responded by flooding the area with armed officers and riot gear and military style equipment by the time night fell the streets of ferguson looked like a war zone it was the beginning of more than a week of street protests which divided publ
hello and welcome again to rewind i m melissa purana since we launched al-jazeera english more than a decade ago we ve tackled many difficult and sensitive stories across the world today we rewind into august 2014 when the frontline series traveled to ferguson missouri in the midst of street armrest following the police shooting of a young african-american michael brown was just 18 and a mom when he was shot by a white police officer after being stopped while walking with a friend in the hours after the shooting the residents of this mostly black area of service and took to the streets to protest against the killing and to demand that the police officer should be named the police responded by flooding the area with armed officers and riot gear and military style equipment by the time night fell the streets of ferguson looked like a war zone it was the beginning of more than a week of street protests which divided public opinion in the united states and within days sebastian w
police officer in ferguson missouri. an autopsy showed he was hit at least 6 times, twice in the head. .his body lay on the street for over 4 hours. his death unleashed an anger that had been building for decades at a system the community here says is stacked against them from birth. .and raised questions about policing and race in america. everything that s happening in ferguson is everything that s wrong with police-community relationships, particularly when it comes to black men. one of the reasons that black young men are angry about this because they all see themselves as a michael brown. it could have been them. that anger would continue for months to come but while the legal process ran its course a community held back .watching and waitingfor justice to be done. fault lines was there during that time in this special extended episode we look deeper into why so many here feel such injustice from those sworn to protect them. sit down for micheal brown sit down fo