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  • 2014-12-01 (xsd:date)
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  • 'No Mother Should Have to Fear for Her Son's Life Every Time He Robs a Store' (en)
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  • In August 2014, an unarmed 18-year-old black man named Michael Brown was shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, after Brown allegedly robbed a convenience store, an event that sparked widespread unrest and protests in Ferguson and elsewhere. Three months later, a photograph showing a Ferguson, Missouri, protester holding a sign reading No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store was posted to the photo-sharing site Imgur on 27 November 2014 along with the following message: Although the photograph does depict three protesters standing outside a fire department in Ferguson, Missouri, the wording on the sign has been altered. The original photograph was taken by Mitch Ryals and was published in the Riverfront Times on 1 October 2014. That picture documents that the message on the sign carried by the center protester actually read: No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he leaves home: The Imgur user who posted the manipulated image eventually admitted to it, writing: Yes, I shopped this. It captured mine, and many others, frustration with this whole situation. (en)
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