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Albuquerque Activists Protest Ferguson Verdict

  Albuquerque activists are planning to join orchestrated demonstrations nationwide to protest a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Missouri.

A coalition of groups has scheduled a rally Tuesday evening in the city's International District.

Albuquerque has seen its own string of angry demonstrations following the March police shooting of a homeless camper and more than 40 police shootings since 2010. City officials recently signed an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to revamp its police agency after a harsh report over excessive force.

Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black and unarmed, on Aug. 9 during a scuffle in a Ferguson, Missouri street.

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