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US Officials Clear Officer in Ferguson Shooting

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Officials in the United States announced on Wednesday that a police officer who fatally shot a teenager in the central state of Missouri, triggering protests around the country, will not face federal charges. But a parallel investigation of the town's police department shows evidence of a deeply biased and unjust agency the government says put at risk the very residents it was tasked with protecting. VOA's Victoria Macchi has more from Washington.