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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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Locals say relations with the almost all-white police force in the largely black community has not been much of an issue before the police shooting of an unarmed teen

Locals say relations with the almost all-white police force in the largely black community has not been much of an issue before the police shooting of an unarmed teen. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson is not releasing the name of the officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown after receiving multiple death threats. Dean Reynolds reports.

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