Likewise in Ferguson, the fatal shooting of African American Michael Brown by a white police officer on the 9th of August last year was seen as a catalyst for the events which followed. ... In the case of London, young black males were at the centre of some of the racialised models of the rioting process; other groups, such as Asians, Eastern Europeans and so on were largely ignored. The same phenomenon can be noted in the case of Ferguson, where many Asian American stores were looted and where, it was argued by some, Asian Americans were ignored in the race debate: 'In times of racial ...

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