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The situation that recently took place in Ferguson Missouri just over two weeks ago.hit the headlines and spurred on discussions and debate around the police and black communities.

18 year old Michael Brown was gunned down by police officer Darren Wilson in the afternoon of Saturday 9th August. Darren Wilson was said to have opened fire after he felt threatened by the teenager and had reasonable cause to believe that he was armed.

After the shooting groups of people took to the streets to make their thoughts and feelings known to the authorities.

In this extract taken from 大象传媒 London and the Dotun Adebayo show, Adam Elliott-Cooper PHD Student at the University of Oxford, talks about a negative and oppressive trend that is occurring in the police force towards black people in America..