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On August 9 2014, Mike Brown was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, and it was a case that swept the heart of the nation. From around the world, people got to witness everything from protests to the militarization of the police. American society and it’s relationship to institutional racism was put on the stand. It was found guilty as charged when Wilson did not even get indicted.

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A year later, many in the #BlackLivesMatter movement and concerned people everywhere continue to mourn his death, and the deaths of so many others. The following are tweets commemorating Brown’s death and the state of the country one year later:

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