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Raynard Jackson deplores rap glorifying "thug life and prison culture." Above: Michael Brown in video images from convenience store police say the teen robbed on night he was fatally shot. (AP Photo/Ferguson Police Department)

Thug culture is a menace to ourselves

By Raynard Jackson

Lesley McSpadden, Michael Brown's mother, is comforted outside the Ferguson police department as St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch conveys the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of her son, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ** FILE **

Michael Brown’s, Trayvon Martin’s parents together at Florida vigil

Associated Press

Michael Brown Jr.'s parents, Michael Brown Sr., left, and Lesley McSpadden, right, stand next to the Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in St. Louis. Sharpton pressed police Tuesday to release the name of the officer who fatally shot Brown Jr., an unarmed teenager in suburban St. Louis, but he also pleaded for calm after two nights of violent protests. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes)

Police try to ease distrust with greater rapport

By TYLER GRAEF - Associated Press