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First Ferguson, then Great Basin. Tensions Mount Between Citizens and Authorities
by Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil February 16, 2016Under President Obama’s leadership, America has witnessed unusual, rather unexpected, serious clashes between citizens and authority. Tension between Blacks and the police has escalated, creating a racial divide most Americans believed had been healing. It seemed particularly odd that after the country had elected their first Black President, racial tensions would increase rather than decrease.