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Leaked Michael Brown autopsy could support officer's account
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Oct 23, 2014
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Leaked Michael Brown autopsy could support officer's account
Take Two gets the latest on the story and finds out how the community of Ferguson is responding to the latest information.
The casket of Michael Brown sits inside Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church awaiting the start of his funeral on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Brown, who is black, was unarmed when he was shot Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo., by Officer Darren Wilson, who is white. Protesters took to the streets of the St. Louis suburb night after night, calling for change and drawing national attention to issues surrounding race and policing. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)
The casket of Michael Brown sits inside Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church awaiting the start of his funeral on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Brown, who is black, was unarmed when he was shot Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo., by Officer Darren Wilson, who is white. Protesters took to the streets of the St. Louis suburb night after night, calling for change and drawing national attention to issues surrounding race and policing. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)
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Take Two gets the latest on the story and finds out how the community of Ferguson is responding to the latest information.

On Wednesday the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a leaked autopsy report on slain teen Michael Brown.

Brown was shot by a police officer that claims the unarmed Brown was going for his gun. The report, according to medical experts hired by the paper for review, seems to support the officer’s account.

Take Two gets the latest on the story and finds out how the community of Ferguson is responding to the latest information.

Guest host Deepa Fernandes talks to Kenya Vaughn, web editor and reporter for the St. Louis American, one of the oldest African American newspapers currently in publication.