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Following a week of public outrage at the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., the president during a press conference pushed initiatives like the White House's "My Brother's Keeper"

Following a week of public outrage at the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown at the hands of a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., the president talked about how initiatives like the White House's "My Brother's Keeper," which looks at the best public and private efforts to connect young men with mentoring networks and to help them cultivate skills to get ahead, can help get young men on a better track.

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A Georgetown University professor said on “Face the Nation” that the president has a responsibility to aggressively tackle the underlying problem that facilitated a police officer’s fatal shooting of unarmed Missouri teenager Michael Brown

A Georgetown University professor said on “Face the Nation” that the president has a responsibility to aggressively tackle the underlying problem that facilitated a police officer’s fatal shooting of unarmed Missouri teenager Michael Brown.

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Governor Jay Nixon signed an order calling in the National Guard after police clashed with protestors in some of the worst street violence since a deadly police shooting nine days ago

Governor Jay Nixon signed an order calling in the National Guard after police clashed with protestors in some of the worst street violence since a deadly police shooting nine days ago. An autopsy of Michael Brown shows an officer shot the 18-year-old a half-dozen times. Vlad Duthiers reports from Ferguson.

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Police in Ferguson, Missouri, were seen using tanks, combat gear and assault rifles, showing the type of equipment given to police departments that were once used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, were seen using tanks, combat gear and assault rifles, showing the type of equipment given to police departments that were once used on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. In the past year the Department of Defense has given local law enforcement over 600 MRAPs, the armored vehicles designed to withstand roadside bombs. Jan Crawford reports.

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