Charlotte’s Trial: How Jonathan Ferrell’s Death Put A City’s Self-Image At Risk

Charlotte’s Trial: How Jonathan Ferrell’s Death Put A City’s Self-Image At Risk

By Mary C. Curtis

As a police officer is tried for manslaughter in the death of an unarmed black man, is Charlotte’s reputation for progress on race on trial too?

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Via: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/06/429408459/charlottes-trial-how-jonathan-ferrells-death-put-a-citys-self-image-at-risk?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=us

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