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Do not fill this in! ===21st century=== In 2014, Missouri received national attention for the [[Ferguson unrest|protests and riots]] that followed the [[shooting of Michael Brown]] by a police officer of [[Ferguson, Missouri|Ferguson]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Eliott C. |last=McLaughlin |title=What we know about Michael Brown's shooting |work=[[CNN]] |date=August 15, 2014 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-ferguson-michael-brown-what-we-know/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825101929/http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/us/missouri-ferguson-michael-brown-what-we-know/index.html |archive-date=August 25, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Carr |title=View of #Ferguson Thrust Michael Brown Shooting to National Attention |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 17, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/business/media/view-of-ferguson-thrust-michael-brown-shooting-to-national-attention.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171608/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/business/media/view-of-ferguson-thrust-michael-brown-shooting-to-national-attention.html |archive-date=August 10, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jamelle |last=Bouie |title=Why the Fires in Ferguson Won't End Soon |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=August 19, 2014 |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/08/ferguson_protests_over_michael_brown_won_t_end_soon_the_black_community.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831214449/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/08/ferguson_protests_over_michael_brown_won_t_end_soon_the_black_community.html |archive-date=August 31, 2017 }}.</ref> which led Governor [[Jay Nixon]] to call out the [[Missouri National Guard]].<ref name=NYTaug19>{{Cite news | last1 = Davey | first1 = Monica | last2 = Eligon | first2 = John | last3 = Blinder | first3 = Alan | title = National Guard Troops Fail to Quell Unrest in Ferguson | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?_r=0 | work = The New York Times | date = August 19, 2014 | access-date = August 19, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819234813/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html?_r=0 | archive-date = August 19, 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hartmann|first1=Margaret|title=National Guard Deployed After Chaotic, Violent Night in Ferguson|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/national-guard-called-after-more-ferguson-chaos.html|publisher=NY Magazine |work=Intelligencer |date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102937/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/08/national-guard-called-after-more-ferguson-chaos.html|archive-date=August 19, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Grand juries in the United States|grand jury]] declined to [[indict]] the officer, and the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] concluded, after careful investigation, that the police officer legitimately feared for his safety.<ref>{{cite report |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice |title=Department of Justice Report Regarding the Criminal Investigation Into the Shooting Death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson |date=March 4, 2015 |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731233723/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> However, in a separate investigation, the Department of Justice also found that the Ferguson Police Department and the City of Ferguson relied on unconstitutional practices in order to balance the city's budget through racially motivated excessive fines and punishments,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Apuzzo|first1=Matt|title=Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/justice-department-finds-pattern-of-police-bias-and-excessive-force-in-ferguson.html|access-date=March 4, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303220058/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/justice-department-finds-pattern-of-police-bias-and-excessive-force-in-ferguson.html|archive-date=March 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> that the Ferguson police "had used excessive and dangerous force and had disproportionately targeted blacks,"<ref>{{cite web |work=NBC News |title=Ferguson Officials Suspended After DOJ Report Have Resigned, City Confirms |date=March 7, 2015 |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/ferguson-officials-suspended-after-doj-report-have-resigned-city-confirms-n318836 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810233038/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/ferguson-officials-suspended-after-doj-report-have-resigned-city-confirms-n318836 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 }}</ref> and that the municipal court "emphasized revenue over public safety, leading to routine breaches of citizens' constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law."<ref>{{cite web |work=NBC News |title=Report on Ferguson Exposes Broader Effort to Reform Municipal Courts |date=March 3, 2015 |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/report-ferguson-exposes-broader-effort-reform-municipal-courts-n316716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810031951/http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/report-ferguson-exposes-broader-effort-reform-municipal-courts-n316716 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 }}.</ref> [[2015–16 University of Missouri protests|A series of student protests]] at the [[University of Missouri]] against what the protesters viewed as poor response by the administration to racist incidents on campus began in September 2015.<ref name="colu_Stud">{{Cite news |title=Students march through MU Student Center in protest of racial injustice |last=Naskidashvili |first=Nana |work=Columbia Missourian |date=October 1, 2015 |access-date=November 11, 2015 |url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/students-march-through-mu-student-center-in-protest-of-racial/article_4b8e3458-688b-11e5-8412-9b38a4d41eb8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708052809/http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/students-march-through-mu-student-center-in-protest-of-racial/article_4b8e3458-688b-11e5-8412-9b38a4d41eb8.html |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="them_Seco">{{Cite news |title=Second 'Racism Lives Here' event calls for administration to act on social injustices |last=Plaster |first=Madison |work=The Maneater |date=October 1, 2015 |access-date=November 11, 2015 |url=http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/10/1/second-racism-lives-here-event-calls-administratio/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111035002/http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/10/1/second-racism-lives-here-event-calls-administratio/ |archive-date=November 11, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 7, 2017, the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] issued a warning to prospective African-American travelers to Missouri. This is the first NAACP warning ever covering an entire state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.monaacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170605-NAACP-MO-Travel-Advisory.pdf |title=Urgent–Missouri Travel Advisory |publisher=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |date=June 7, 2017 |access-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225003952/http://www.monaacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170605-NAACP-MO-Travel-Advisory.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Nancy |last=Coleman |title=NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri |work=[[CNN]] |date=August 3, 2017 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/naacp-missouri-travel-advisory-trnd/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028030940/http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/us/naacp-missouri-travel-advisory-trnd/index.html |archive-date=October 28, 2017}}</ref> According to a 2018 report by the [[Missouri Attorney General]]'s office, for the past 18 years, "African Americans, Hispanics and other people of color are disproportionately affected by stops, searches and arrests."<ref>{{cite news |title=Black Drivers Stopped in Missouri at a Rate 85 Percent Higher Than Whites |first=Alison |last=Gold |date=June 1, 2018 |newspaper=[[Riverfront Times]] |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/01/black-drivers-stopped-in-missouri-at-a-rate-85-percent-higher-than-whites |access-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705175738/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/01/black-drivers-stopped-in-missouri-at-a-rate-85-percent-higher-than-whites |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same report found that the biggest discrepancy was in 2017, when "black motorists were 85% more likely to be pulled over in traffic stops".<ref>{{cite news |title='Predatory police': the high price of driving while black in Missouri |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Jamiles |last=Lartey |date=July 5, 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/05/missouri-driving-while-black-st-louis |access-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705140213/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/05/missouri-driving-while-black-st-louis |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018 the USDA announced its plans to relocate Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food & Agriculture (NIFA) to Kansas City. They have since decided on a specific location in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2019/10/31/secretary-perdue-announces-lease-ers-and-nifa-kansas-city-mo|title=Secretary Perdue Announces Lease for ERS and NIFA in Kansas City, MO|publisher=US Department of Agriculture|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222130126/https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2019/10/31/secretary-perdue-announces-lease-ers-and-nifa-kansas-city-mo|url-status=live}}</ref> With the addition of the KC Streetcar project and construction of the Sprint Center Arena, the downtown area in KC has attracted investment in new offices, hotels, and residential complexes. Both Kansas City and St. Louis are undergoing a rebirth in their downtown areas with the addition of the new Power & Light (KC) and Ballpark Village (STL) districts and the renovation of existing historical buildings in each downtown area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmov.com/news/nearly-billion-in-development-underway-in-st-louis-city/article_5da13736-0571-11e9-bd69-cbe203940e16.html|title=Nearly $8 billion in development underway in St. Louis City|website=KMOV.com|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222130126/https://www.kmov.com/news/nearly-billion-in-development-underway-in-st-louis-city/article_5da13736-0571-11e9-bd69-cbe203940e16.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2019 announcement of an MLS expansion team in St. Louis is driving even more development in the downtown west area of St. Louis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2019/11/07/mls-updates-a-timeline-for-a-team-name-and-how-the.html#g/458875/28|date=November 7, 2019|first=Erik|last=Siemers|work=St. Louis Business Journal|title=MLS: A timeline for a team name & how the stadium project expanded|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919034227/https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2019/11/07/mls-updates-a-timeline-for-a-team-name-and-how-the.html#g/458875/28|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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