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1、'Weneedtocommunicate.That'skey.ButweneedjusticeforMichaelBrown'ShowdownsbetweenpoliceandprotestersgivewaytoeffortstochangelifeinFerguson,butlocalsfearmoreunrestiftheofficerwhoshotMichaelBrownisnotindicted.ChrisMcGrealreportsArdesterWilliamsiswritingtoBarackObam
2、atheold-fashionedway,withpaperandapostagestamp,totellthepresidentaboutthedayinJunewhenheshotaman.“Hewasswingingatme,andhewasmuchbiggerthanIwas,”saidthe73-year-oldsecurityguardataFergusonclothingstore.“Ihadtodrawmygunandshoothim.ButIshothiminthefoot.I’mwritingto
3、thepresidenttotellhimthatthewholeconceptofpolicetrainingisbackwards.Theyshouldtrainthemtoshootpeopledeadasalastresort,notthefirst.”AlittlefurtherdownWestFlorissantAvenue,ShironHagensisstaffingatentonapartofthestreetthatjustafewnightsagowascloudedbyteargasandsmo
4、kefromaburningconveniencestore, asprotestersandthepoliceclashed overthekillingofMichaelBrown.Sheisregisteringlocalresidentstovote,inparttoraisesupportforapetitiontorecallFergusonmayorJamesKnowles,awhiteRepublican,afterhesaidthattheupheavalofthepasttwoweekswasno
5、taboutrace.“There’samistrustrightnow,”shesaid.“Thewaytoovercomemistrustistotalk.Butthere’snowaytohaveaconversationwhenyouhaveamayorwhosaysthere’snoraceissuehere.MichaelBrowndiedbecausehewasblack.”Acrosstheroad,KenGoins,aStLouisattorneyfor23years,isadvisingpeopl
6、eontheirrightstoprotestpeacefully.NightlyshowdownsbetweenprotestersandpolicealongashortsectionofWestFlorissantavenuehavegivenwaytoafloodofinitiatives–someindividual,somecollective–whichseektouseBrown’sdeathtochangethepolice,politicsandlifeofFerguson.Theangerisn
7、otdiminished,butdirecteddifferently.IthasspurredacampaigntogetFergusonresidentstovoteinordertoshiftthebalanceofpowerinacitywithablackmajoritybutawhitemayorandcouncil.Othergroupsarepressingforthepolicetoberequiredtowearbodycameras,andforthelocalforcetobedemilita
8、rizedafteritrespondedtotheprotestswith armouredvehiclesandsnipers.Thereisanewinitiativetorecruitmoreblackpolicemen.DemonstratorswalkanddisplaysignsduringapeacefulprotestonWe
