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<\/a>Blacks and whites have sharply different reactions to the police shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Mo., and the protests and violence that followed. Blacks are about twice as likely as whites to say that the shooting of Michael Brown \u201craises important issues about race that need to be discussed.\u201d Wide racial differences also are evident in opinions about of whether local police went too far in the aftermath of Brown\u2019s death, and in confidence in the investigations into the shooting.<\/span><\/div>\n