![US-POLICE-RACISM-PROTEST-FERGUSON St. Louis County Police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers (C) stand guard as protesters (foreground) march on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2015. A day of peaceful remembrance marking the anniversary of 18-year-old black teen Michael Brown's killing by police in the US city of Ferguson came to a violent end on August 9 as gunfire left at least one protester injured. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL B. THOMASMichael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ferguson-anniv002.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![US-POLICE-RACISM-PROTEST-FERGUSON St. Louis County Police and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers (C) stand guard as protesters (foreground) march on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2015. A day of peaceful remembrance marking the anniversary of 18-year-old black teen Michael Brown's killing by police in the US city of Ferguson came to a violent end on August 9 as gunfire left at least one protester injured. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL B. THOMASMichael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ferguson-anniv002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ferguson, Missouri Marks One-Year Anniversary Of The Death Of Michael Brown FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 09: Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, face off with police during a protest along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri. There are reports that two people were shot when gun fire broke out during protests later in the evening. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014. His death sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and drew nationwide focus on police treatment of black offenders. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ferguson-anniv003.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Ferguson, Missouri Marks One-Year Anniversary Of The Death Of Michael Brown FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 09: Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, protest along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri. There are reports that two people were shot when gun fire broke out during protests later in the evening. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014. His death sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and drew nationwide focus on police treatment of black offenders. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ferguson-anniv005.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Ferguson, Missouri Marks One-Year Anniversary Of The Death Of Michael Brown Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, march along West Florrisant Street on August 9, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri. There are reports that two people were shot when gun fire broke out during protests later in the evening. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014. His death sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and drew nationwide focus on police treatment of black offenders. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ferguson-anniv007.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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