“Anytime you hear a story about the police, it’s usually negative…”

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16 year old Martice Dees lives just blocks from where Michael Brown was shot. He’s spent one morning cleaning up Red’s BBQ after rioters damaged the restaurant, and disagrees with looting, but Dees has also had bad experiences with the Ferguson Police. “Anytime you hear a story about the police, it’s usually negative, and then that grows into you and becomes how you see the police.”

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