A year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, many are wondering how much, if any, progress has been made. Unfortunately, violence has again erupted this weekend as a man opened fire on plain-clothes police officers. Police returned fire and the assailant is now in critical, unstable condition. John Iadarola (Think Tank) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“A day of peaceful protest commemorating the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a white police officer one year ago ended in gunfire late Sunday as multiple shots rang out on West Florissant Avenue, the commercial district hit by rioting last summer.
A St. Louis County police officer was involved in the shooting, which occurred at about 11:15 p.m., after coming under heavy gunfire, the department said in a post on Twitter. Another department post said, “At least 2 unmarked cars took shots.””*
Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/10/us/…