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Michael Brown shooting: help the world hear your police racial profiling story Michael Brown shooting: help the world hear your police racial profiling story
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The killing of Michael Brown is one of those stories that is more than local news – it’s the story of one young man shot by a police officer in Ferguson, and the story of so many people of color, in so many places.The killing of Michael Brown is one of those stories that is more than local news – it’s the story of one young man shot by a police officer in Ferguson, and the story of so many people of color, in so many places.
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown, #HandsUpDontShoot, #IGotTheTalk: these hashtags have become an instant mirror, helping expose and define a larger community’s ongoing relationship with law enforcement.#IfTheyGunnedMeDown, #HandsUpDontShoot, #IGotTheTalk: these hashtags have become an instant mirror, helping expose and define a larger community’s ongoing relationship with law enforcement.
We want to hear your stories, and help make everyone’s story heard, not confined to hashtags on Twitter or Instagram feeds in the St Louis area.We want to hear your stories, and help make everyone’s story heard, not confined to hashtags on Twitter or Instagram feeds in the St Louis area.
You have the world’s attention. To try to keep the stories of Ferguson in focus in a local and a national way, the Post-Dispatch editorial page and the the Guardian US opinion page are working together to give you a voice, no matter where you’re from. You have the world’s attention. To try to keep the stories of Ferguson in focus in a local, national and international way, the St Louis Post-Dispatch editorial page and the the Guardian US opinion page are working together to give you a voice, no matter where you’re from.
Tell us using the form below: What is your police racial profiling story? How did it change you? If you’re from Ferguson or the St Louis region, tell the world the real story, from on the ground, that you think needs to be told – and what needs to change. Your submissions could be used for special Post-Dispatch / Guardian interactive features as the story unfolds.Tell us using the form below: What is your police racial profiling story? How did it change you? If you’re from Ferguson or the St Louis region, tell the world the real story, from on the ground, that you think needs to be told – and what needs to change. Your submissions could be used for special Post-Dispatch / Guardian interactive features as the story unfolds.
Keep sharing your thoughts – and this call for responses – on Twitter with the hashtag #FergusonVoices.Keep sharing your thoughts – and this call for responses – on Twitter with the hashtag #FergusonVoices.