Number of the Day

[Content Note: Police brutality; racism.]

75: The percentage of jurors who are white on the grand jury "empaneled to decide whether evidence presented in Michael Brown's shooting warrants criminal charges against Ferguson officer Darren Wilson."

And here's why that's a problem: "Stark Racial Divisions in Reactions to Ferguson Police Shooting." In case you need a poll to prove what is manifestly evident to anyone paying attention.

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