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Two Years After Michael Brown Shooting, St. Louis DJ Boogie D Looks At Ferguson Today

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Voters arrive to cast their vote during Missouri primary voting at Johnson-Wabash Elementary School on March 15, 2016 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images)
Voters arrive to cast their vote during Missouri primary voting at Johnson-Wabash Elementary School on March 15, 2016 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images)

It’s been two years since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting led to riots and protests in Ferguson and around the country. Since then, tensions between blacks and the police around the U.S. remain.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson checks in with Jowcol "Boogie D" Dolby, a popular DJ in St. Louis, about the black community on the second anniversary of the Ferguson killing.

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Jowcol Dolby, DJ and radio personality known as Boogie D. He’s also program director of both Hot 104.1 and Old School 95.5 in St. Louis. He tweets @boogied_.

This segment aired on August 10, 2016.

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