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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Ferguson Reacts to Grand Jury Decision

    Sixty-one people were arrested and at least a dozen buildings were burned in Ferguson last night after a grand jury decided that police officer Darren Wilson should not be prosecuted for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown. And the protests extended to cities across the country, including here in L.A.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 25, 2014 • 1 min read

    Sixty-one people were arrested and at least a dozen buildings were burned in Ferguson last night after a grand jury decided that police officer Darren Wilson should not be prosecuted for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown. And the protests extended to cities across the country, including here in L.A. We take a look at the latest from the ground.

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    Ferguson Reacts, Anjelica Huston, and New Restaurant Calorie Counts
    1. 0:00Ferguson Reacts to Grand Jury DecisionYou’re reading this
    2. 8:26The Legal Case in Ferguson: What Happened?
    3. 16:28UVA Embroiled in Sexual Assault Controversy
    4. 25:12Anjelica Huston
    5. 41:26New Menu Item: Calorie Counts
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Ferguson Reacts, Anjelica Huston, and New Restaurant Calorie Counts
    1. 0:00Ferguson Reacts to Grand Jury DecisionYou’re reading this
    2. 8:26The Legal Case in Ferguson: What Happened?
    3. 16:28UVA Embroiled in Sexual Assault Controversy
    4. 25:12Anjelica Huston
    5. 41:26New Menu Item: Calorie Counts
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