Ferguson in a Word
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Rodney Vance, a 26-year-old music artist from Ferguson, Mo., poses for a portrait, Nov. 25, 2014, in Ferguson. This series of portraits asks bystanders to write a message in response to how they feel after a 12-member grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. Wilson fatally shot Brown, 18, on August 9, 2014.